22 - Everything Everywhere All at Once: Finding Quality, Value and Clinical Revenue in OPAT Programs

Thursday, October 12, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Location: 160 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Steven Schmitt, MD (he/him/his)

Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH, United States
Joshua Eby, MD

Associate Professor
Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, United States
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Nabin Shrestha, MD, MPH

Staff Physician
Infectious Disease
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, United States

Faculty(s)

Sara Keller, MD, MPH, MSPH (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, United States

Slides
Michele Ritter, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
Medicine - Infectious Diseases
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States

Slides
Ronald Devine, MD

Physician/ Partner
Atlanta ID Group
Atlanta, GA, United States

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Disclosure(s):

Steven K. Schmitt, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Joshua C. Eby, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Nabin K. Shrestha, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe examples of OPAT efforts that have resulted in improved quality and thereby allowed justification of institutional OPAT funding;
investigate methods for increasing reimbursement through OPAT, including potential for value based reimbursement;
explain how quality initiatives can be used to promote OPAT value.

Presentations:

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM US ET

Don’t Drop the Baton: Making the Case for Funding OPAT Programs as a Quality Improvement Initiative
Speaker: Sara C. Keller, MD, MPH, MSPH (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
10:55 AM – 11:20 AM US ET

The Path to OPAT Success Is Lined With Quality and Compensation Opportunities
Speaker: Michele L. Ritter, MD – University of California San Diego
11:20 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Harnessing the Value Equation for Structure and Reimbursement
Speaker: Ronald Devine, MD – Atlanta ID Group