Summit Provider Newsletter - July 2023

Chronic Pain Management CME and Healthy Vision Month!!

Welcome to the July issue of the Summit Health Newsletter. As a valued Summit Health partner, we appreciate your commitment to providing the highest quality care to our members.

Below is a preview of the articles you will find in this month's issue:

• Annual Conference in Chronic Pain Management and CME
• July is Healthy Vision Month

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To ensure we are providing the information you need to deliver better care to your patients, we would love to hear from you. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns or recommendations on topics that we can include in future issues.

Thank you,

Your Summit Health Team

Annual Conference in Chronic Pain Management and CME

The Foundation for Medical Excellence (TFME) in partnership with The College of Physician and Surgeons of British Columbia has opened registration for the 36th Annual Conference in Chronic Pain Management.

This conference is designed to assist clinicians in successfully managing patients with chronic pain, anxiety, and substance use and is accredited for Category 1 CME. The CME and program is designed to allow US physicians to satisfy the DEA requirement for training in safer opioid and sedative prescribing as well.

The objectives of the course are to build:

• Knowledge regarding the effective treatment of chronic, non-cancer pain and anxiety disorders
• Tools for assessing risk in prescribing psychoactive medications
• Interview skills for this challenging group of patients
• Awareness of personal factors that affect effectiveness and impact practitioner wellbeing

Who should attend:

• Clinicians, administrators, and regulators interested in the management of chronic pain
• Because clinical practice is best implemented within a system, some groups attend as clinical teams: physician, nurse practitioner, administrator, pharmacist, etc.

For more information on the program and registration details, visit the TFME conference page.

July is Healthy Vision Month

The National Eye Institute is bringing awareness to the importance of healthy vision. As people age, there is an increased risk for eye diseases and conditions. Early detection and treatment can help to protect vision as well as prevent vision loss.

Recommend that your patients get an annual comprehensive dilated eye exam to protect their vision by catching eye diseases and conditions early, when they’re easier to treat.

Your Summit Health patients have vision benefits through their VSP Advantage Elements plan that includes:

• A routine vision exam every calendar year
• Routine vision hardware once every two calendar years

We need your support to help our members know how they can protect their vision and protect against vision loss.

Upcoming Events & Training

Summit Health Spring Clinic Trainings

Our EOCCO and Summit Health Quality Improvement (QI) team provides concierge support through dedicated QI staff, clinic trainings, and regular touchpoints.

Please contact EOCCOmetrics@modahealth.com to schedule a meeting, if interested.

Questions?

Questions related to EOCCO & Summit Health Quality Measures?
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