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September 2014

Register now to attend webinars on ACE inhibitors, ARBs, use of nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan offers monthly educational webinars to discuss two pharmacy-related Medicare star measures — High Risk Medications in Older Adults and Use of ACE Inhibitors and ARBs in Hypertensive Diabetics.

There will be two webinars in September. The first webinar on Sept. 19 will begin at 7:30 a.m. The topic is “ACEIs and ARBs, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.”

The speaker will be Joel Topf, M.D., a board-certified nephrologist who practices at St. Clair Specialty Physicians and St. John Hospital and Medical Center. He is also an investigator at Renaissance Renal Research Institute and an assistant clinical professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine.

The second webinar on Sept. 24 will begin at 8 a.m. The topic is “Clinical Considerations for the Use of Nonbenzodiazepine Hypnotics in Patients 65 and Older.” The speaker will be Karen E. Hall, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Hall is a clinical professor in the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at the University of Michigan Healthcare System, the medical director at U. of M. St. Joseph Hospital’s Acute Care for Elders Unit , and a research scientist at the V.A. Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center. She is board-certified in internal medicine, with subspecialties in geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine.

Both 30-minute webinars will be followed by question- and-answer sessions. There will also be an email address available to send in additional questions.

To register, email SEprofessionaleducationregistration@bcbsm.com. Include the date, time and name of the class you wish to attend, as well as your national provider identifier. You’ll receive a confirmation email within 72 hours of registering. Instructions on how to access the webinar via WebEx will be sent in the confirmation email or prior to the webinar.

If you have questions about the content of the webinar or the registration process, contact Lawrence Beal at 313-225-8981.

If you have technical issues or questions, call the BCBSM Web support help desk at
1-877-258-3932.

Additional webinars in this series will be announced in future issues of The Record and on web-DENIS.

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