About this Live Series

Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Mini-Series

The Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) mini-series includes 3 courses focused on ensuring an organization improves care and services for all individuals served. They are:

1.    Building a Sustainable Staffing Model to Support Diverse Populations
2.    Implementing a Clinical-Community Based Care Model to Support Specialty-Based Needs 
3.    Designing Multi-Cultural Resources and Tools to Engage Members and Communities

This series covers how to develop an objective statement describing a culturally and linguistically diverse population; build strategies to engage members of the culturally diverse community, and measure SMART goals in the improvement of CLAS integration.

Each course is presented by nationally recognized experts and leaders in healthcare and community-based organizations to substantiate the learning experience and outcomes. There will be opportunity for live questions and answers for each topic. 

Faculty

• Vanessa Guzman, ME, MS, CEO, SmartRise Health
• Katie Acker, MPH, Health Equity Program Director, Fallon Health
• Jullian Rose, PhD, MPH, LCSW, Vice President, Chief Health Equity Office, Hospital for Special Surgery
• Abner Mason, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, SameSky Health

Continuing Education

In support of improving patient care, the National Committee for Quality Assurance is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide Interprofessional Continuing Education for the healthcare team. 

This educational activity is approved for: 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM.

This educational activity is approved for 3.0 nursing contact hour.*

This live course grants 6.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) points for PCMH Certified Content Experts.  

* Please note – You must attend the entire program to be eligible for total number of contact hours.

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) endorses the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education which specify that sponsors of continuing medical education activities and presenters at and planners for these activities disclose any relevant financial relationships either party might have with commercial companies whose products or services are discussed in educational presentations.

For sponsors, relevant financial relationships include large research grants, institutional agreements for joint initiatives, substantial gifts, or other relationships that benefit the institution.  For presenters or planning committee members, relevant financial relationships include the receipt of research grants from a commercial company, consultancies, honoraria, travel, or other benefits, or having a self-managed equity interest in a company; or having an immediate family member or partner with such a relationship.

Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

Relevant financial relationships exist with the following companies/organizations:

Faculty:
Vanessa Guzman: 
Katie Acker: 
Jillian Rose: 
Abner Mason: 

Additional Planning Committee Members:
Crissy Crittenden: