Supporting Opioid Substitution Treatment and Hepatitis C Treatment in People Who Inject Drugs: A Strategy Toward Hepatitis C Elimination
Premiere Date: Thursday, September 30, 2021This activity offers CE credit for:
- ABIM (MOC)
- Medicine (accme)
- Nursing (ANCC)
- Pharmacy (acpe)
- PA (aapa)
- Other
All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Credit Expiration Date:
Friday, September 30, 2022
Note: Credit Is No Longer Available
 | Mark S. Gold, MD ASAM's Annual Lifetime Achievement John P. McGovern Award & Prize Winner Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 17th University of Florida Distinguished Alumni Professor Gainesville, FL |
It has been hypothesized that opioid substitution treatment (OST) may increase engagement in hepatitis C virus (HCV) care among people who inject drugs (PWID). In the recent publication Association Between Opioid Agonist Therapy and Testing, Treatment Uptake, and Treatment Outcomes for Hepatitis C Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Grebely and colleagues conducted a systematic review of existing literature to evaluate the association between OST and HCV testing and treatment uptake, and to assess the association between OST and adherence, treatment completion, and sustained virologic response (SVR) following treatment among PWID.
In this installment of Research You Can Use, Dr. Gold will translate the data and provide his insights and application to clinical practice.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
- Address disparities in HCV treatment initiation in underserved populations with limited access to specialists.
Supported by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, addiction specialists, harm reduction clinics, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists
ABIM MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Learning format: Enduring material
MIPS Improvement Activity: This activity counts towards MIPS Improvement Activity requirements under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Clinicians should submit their improvement activities by attestation via the CMS Quality Payment Program website.
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Disclosure Declaration
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Dr. Gold has no disclosures to report.
Tony Graham, (peer reviewer) has no disclosures to report
Mae Ochoa, RPh (peer reviewer) has no disclosures to report
Susan Perry (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Jan Perez (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Sharon Tordoff (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
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