Affordable Care Act and Cancer Care Services in Indian Country

Title: Affordable Care Act and Cancer Care Services in Indian Country

Date: March 31, 2015

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

 

Presenters: 

Tinka Duran, Program Manager

Affordable Care Act Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Navigator Program

Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board

 

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the Affordable Care Act and American Indian Exemption

2. Assess the benefits of ACA enrollment by American Indians and Alaska Natives

3. Leverage the ACA to provide cancer care services for American Indians and Alaska Natives

 

Target Audience:

Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.

 

Register at:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/981146266794141186

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

 

Funding for this webinar was made possible by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DP13-1314 Consortium of National Networks to Impact Populations Experiencing Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities.  Webinar contents do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Continuing Education:

 

To obtain a certificate of continuing education, you must be registered for the course, participate in the webinar in its entirety and submit a completed post-webinar survey.  The post-webinar survey will be emailed to you after the completion of the course.  Certificates will be mailed to participants within four weeks by the Indian Health Service (IHS) Clinical Support Center.

 

Accreditation:

 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Clinical Support Center and the National Native Network.  The IHS Clinical Support Center designates this live activity for 1 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for each hour of participation.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

The Indian Health Service Clinical Support Center is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

This activity is designated 1.0 contact hour for nurses.

 

Faculty Disclosure Statement:  As a provider accredited by ACCME, ANCC, and ACPE, the IHS Clinical Support Center must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its educational activities.  Course directors/coordinators, planning committee members, faculty, reviewers and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place.  Faculty will also disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation.  All those who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity have completed the disclosure process and have indicated that they do not have any significant financial relationships or affiliations with any manufacturers or commercial products to disclose.

 

No commercial interest support was used to fund this activity.  Non-commercial support obtained through a CDC grant.