Training and Education

AmeriHealth Caritas Florida encourages our providers to explore any training or education opportunities that are presented.

Training webinars

AmeriHealth Caritas Florida is pleased to invite providers to join us for this annual training to understand how to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of our members.

  • September 14, 2023, at noon

  • December 14, 2023, at noon
  • March 21, 2024, at noon
  • June 20, 2024, at noon
  • September 19, 2024, at noon
  • December 14, 2024, at noon

To register, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/acflCLAS to submit your registration.

AmeriHealth Caritas Florida is pleased to invite providers to join us for a comprehensive New Provider Onboard Training webinar

  • Every second Friday of the month at noon.

To register, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AHCFLnewprov to submit your registration.

AmeriHealth Caritas Florida is pleased to invite providers to join us for a quarterly HEDIS training webinar.

  • Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at noon
  • Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at noon
  • Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at noon
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at noon

To register, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HEDISprovtrain to submit your registration.

AmeriHealth Caritas Florida is pleased to invite providers to join us for Psychological First Aid.

Training is designed for providers to help survivors manage emotional distress and cope with post-disaster stress and adversity. This online course is developed by the National Center for PTSD and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. This five-hour online course offers 5 CEUs upon completion. Providers may sign up for this no-cost training here (PDF):

This course covers the following:

  • PTSD

  • Suicide prevention (survivors’ guilt)
  • Depression

 Mental health resources for providers:

  • Support for compassion fatigue
  • Reduce burnout > workforce retention
  • Strengthen ability to practice effective medicine

*Continuing education credit is available for eligible participants for many of the webinars and courses on the Learning Center. Below you will find information about the types of continuing credit we provide.

NBCC Provider #6647

The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.

The following courses meet NBCC requirements: all Continuing Education webinars that are listed for credit under Event Information on the individual webinar course page; all Military and Veteran Families webinars that are listed for credit under Event Information on the webinar course page; Psychological First Aid Online and Skills for Psychological Recovery Online; and three courses under Clinical Training (12 Core Concepts, Alternatives for Families, and Developmental Trauma Disorder).

APA Provider #1829

The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

NASW

NCTSN Continuing Education webinars are no longer approved by the National Association of Social Workers for continuing education contact hours. Currently two courses on the Learning Center are approved by NASW for continuing education contact hours: PFA Online and Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT). The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress continues to be approved by APA and NBCC to provide continuing education credit for psychologists and counselors

AmeriHealth Caritas Florida invites you to join our Disaster Trauma ECHO Series as an introduction to the importance of practitioner wellness and emotional well-being. This training will help providers access the therapeutic value of a shared community experience, and learn what treatment modalities to look for, including trauma-specific certifications, when seeking a mental health provider. Upon completion of this series, participants will develop their own definition of resilience. Providers can earn no-cost continuing medical education (CME) credit from the Medical University of New Mexico AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

*Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The University of New Mexico is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The ECHO Model (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was developed by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center with a mission “to ensure the right knowledge exists at the right place at the right time” and is now taught nationwide and throughout the globe. The ECHO model facilitates case-based learning for front-line practitioners via teleconferencing clinics. Similar to virtual chart rounds, the ECHO model creates a space where practitioners can share knowledge and build support to better manage patients with complex care needs.

For more information on Project ECHO, please visit the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center website or view the ECHO series flyer (PDF).

Series start date: September 12, 2023
Time: Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Frequency: Every other Tuesday

To register for a session:

Please visit on the Meeting Registration page, fill out the registration information, and then download the meeting date to your calendar.

Date
Topic
Objective

September 12, 2023

Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Awareness of Climate/Disaster Trauma 
Definition of Trauma 
Hurricanes 
Wildfires 
Heat Waves
Suicides 
Hospitalizations 
Drought
Understand the human response to trauma, including knowing their own triggers within the context of disaster-related trauma

September 26, 2023

Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Neurobiological Effects of Trauma on the Brain Educate on disaster trauma and the effects of trauma on the brain

October 10, 2023

Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Challenges of Working With Trauma: Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Participants will develop their own individual definition of resiliency

October 24, 2023

Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Mass Trauma on Community Health 
Terrorism 
School shootings 
Violence in the community 
Effects of natural disaster 
Understand the human response to trauma, including knowing their own triggers within the context of disaster-related trauma

November 7, 2023

Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Normalizing the Human Response: Lived Experience of Responding to Disaster Trauma 
Trauma manifestation — intrusive thoughts and memories can easily trigger strong emotional and behavioral reactions. 
Recognize symptoms, adaptations, or somatic complaints in response to a traumatic experience

November 28, 2023

Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Transference and Self-Care: Knowing Your Triggers and Building Your Trauma Response Toolbox Develop an individualized trauma response toolbox to implement as part of their self-care plan and promote resiliency

Training opportunities

AmeriHealth Caritas Florida is excited to offer a new incentive for providers who complete Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) training and treatment to eligible members during the 2023 calendar year.

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Training

The incentive program will be available through December 31, 2023.

To qualify for the incentive payment:

  • Complete the Provider Clinical Support System (PCSS) no-cost training module Eight-Hour Online Buprenorphine Training and submit the completion certificate to pnm_inquiries@amerihealthcaritasfl.com.
  • Provide MOUD treatment to at least five AmeriHealth Caritas Members, supported by accurate and complete claims submission.

AmeriHealth Caritas Florida will pay an incentive of $250 per eligible provider. Incentive payments will occur four months after the incentive period ends to allow for complete claims submission. The submission of accurate and complete claims is critical to getting the correct incentive payment. Claims must be submitted by December 31, 2023. The incentive payments are in addition to the existing contractual payments for services provided.

No-Cost Online Buprenorphine Training

Description

This is an Eight-Hour Online Buprenorphine Training course for physicians and physician assistants who wish to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). This training will satisfy the eight-hour training requirement mandated by the MATE (Medication Access and Training Expansion) Act.

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT the Half and Half MAT Waiver course.

Target audience

This activity will assist physicians and physician assistants (PAs) who wish to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorders.

Educational objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:

  • Review addiction identification and evidence-based treatments.
  • Discuss the pharmacology of opioids as it relates to treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) patients.
  • Describe the fundamentals of office-based opioid treatment including the treatment of the patient with co-occurring conditions.
  • Explain the process of buprenorphine induction as well as stabilization and maintenance.
  • Discuss other approved antagonist and agonist medications to treat OUD.
  • Discuss basic office protocols including medical record documentation and confidentiality.
  • Utilize evidence-based resources to ensure providers have the confidence to prescribe buprenorphine for patients with OUD.

Fee: No cost

Method of participation in the activity

To be awarded a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or 8 AAPA Category 1 CME credits you must:

Review eight training modules (eight hours) provided in this activity.

Earn a minimum cumulative score of 75% on the examination. Participants will have three opportunities to correctly answer the examination.

Complete a final evaluation and follow instructions at the end of the course regarding how to retrieve your certificate.*

*Credit will not be awarded unless all components of the program are completed. Partial credit will not be awarded.

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