Launching Lean Inpatient Addiction Teams: Nurse Practitioner, Social Work, and Peers
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Launching Lean Inpatient Addiction Teams: Nurse Practitioner, Social Work, and Peers
Recorded: Thursday, April 13, 2023 to Sunday, April 16, 2023
On-Demand Session
Overview
This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 54th Annual Conference addresses how to launch a lean inpatient addiction medicine team (social worker, peer, nurse practitioner and part-time physician) focused on diagnosing patients with opioid and stimulant use disorders, initiating medications for opioid use disorder and linking patients to care.
We will highlight how to launch a lean inpatient addiction medicine team (social worker, peer, nurse practitioner and part-time physician) focused on diagnosing patients with opioid and stimulant use disorders, initiating medications for opioid use disorder and linking patients to care. Initial steps include obtaining funding, engaging stakeholders, developing protocols, EMR modifications, and defining team member roles. Case studies will focus on post-op pain, shared decision making, screening and treating infectious diseases, harm reduction and addressing social determinants of health.
The target audience for this intermediate level session includes physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, other clinicians, researchers, residents, fellows, students, and counselors.
This session addresses the following ACGME Competencies: Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Systems-based Practice
This session addresses the following IOM Competencies:Provide patient-centered care, Work in interdisciplinary teams
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Discuss methods to launch an inpatient addiction team utilizing stakeholder engagement, protocol development, IT support, and funding acquisition.
- Describe the roles of each inpatient addiction consult team (IACT) member including nurse practitioner, social worker, peer support specialist, addiction medicine and infectious diseases physicians.
- Conduct a shared decision-making assessment incorporating harm reduction, choice of MOUD, social determinants of health, co-occurring infectious diseases, management of pain and addiction, and collaboration with hospital teams.
Registration Rates
| Rate Description | Rate |
| ASAM Member | $29 |
| Non-Member | $39 |
| Associate Member | $19 |
| Resident Member* | $19 |
| Student Member* | $19 |
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Registration Deadline: 05/15/2026
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Abby Sepanski, MSW, LISW-CP
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Prisma Health
Abby Sepanski is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) working at the Addiction Medicine Center (AMC) of Prisma Health in Greenville, SC. Abby serves as the Licensed Social Worker for the Inpatient Addiction Consult Team (IACT) and Social Work Supervisor of AMC clinical social workers. During her time at Prisma Health, she has worked on HCV/HIV testing and care coordination efforts in the Emergency Department and Internal Medicine Clinic and coordinated two pilot research studies - conducting smoking cessation counseling with patients receiving HCV treatment and conducting Equine Assisted Therapy with women who are parenting or currently pregnant in residential substance use treatment. Her interests lie within the intersection of mental health, substance use disorders, infectious diseases, and preventative healthcare. When not at work, Abby enjoys spending time with her partner and their two Golden Retrievers exploring nearby hiking trails, as well as spending time outside gardening.
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Michelle Strong, DNP, FNP-BC, CARN-AP
Nurse Practitioner - Addiction Medicine Center
Prisma Health
Michelle Strong DNP, MSN, FNP- BC, CARN-AP is a Family Nurse Practitioner, certified in Addiction Medicine, at the Prisma Health Addiction Medicine Center in Greenville, SC. She helped build, launch, and currently serves as the Clinical Lead on Prisma Health’s Inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Team and is the Project Director for the NIH funded COMMIT study. She has a background working in both adult and pediatric ICU and has worked with vulnerable pediatric populations in Alaska. Her research interests include the impact of fitness on mental health and substance use and the exploration of a functional medicine approach on patient’s perceived state of health. Strong is a two-time graduate of Emory University with a BS in biology/sociology and a BSN in nursing. She completed her MSN, graduating with honors in 2019 and recently finished her Doctorate of Nursing Practice with a concentration in Executive Health Systems Leadership at the University of Arizona in December of 2022.
Email: Michelle.Strong@prismahealth.org
Trisha Melling, BA
Research Coordinator
Prisma Hospital System
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Prerana Roth, MD, MPH
Infectious Disease Physician
Prisma Health
Prerana Roth, MD, MPH is an Infectious Disease specialist at Prisma Health Upstate in Greenville, SC. She is also board certified in addiction medicine as well. Her clinical and research interests are to optimize care for HIV, Hepatitis C, and substance use disorder. She graduated from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in 2008 and completed internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowships at University of Illinois at Chicago in 2013.
Alain H. Litwin
MD, MPH
Alain Litwin, MD, MPH is Vice Chair of Academics and Research and Professor of Medicine at Greenville Health System, University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville, and Clemson University School of Health Research where he is launching a Center for Addiction and Prevention Research. He is board certified in internal medicine and addiction medicine, and has been providing medical care to people who use drugs with complex social, psychiatric and medical needs within an integrated primary care and substance use treatment program since 2000. As HCV Medical Director at Albert Einstein’s Division of Substance Abuse, he developed a comprehensive on-site HCV treatment program and peer educator program to improve medical care of HCV-infected people who use drugs. As HCV Treatment Network Director at Montefiore Medical Center, he expanded patient-centered models of care at many community health centers serving thousands of HCV-infected people throughout the Bronx. With funding from NIH, PCORI, CMS, CDC, AHRQ, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New York State Department of Health, New York City Department of Health, and industry, Dr. Litwin’s research has been focused on developing and studying models of HCV care, and on advocating for increasing access to effective care for all HCV-infected patients.
Dr. Litwin has worked with government and community organizations on efforts to expand access to HCV treatment and has collaborated on policy statements, clinical guidelines, treatment improvement protocols, task forces, and educational curricula with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York State Department of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Litwin serves on the Executive Board for the International Network on Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU).
No relevant financial relationships
CME, CE, CEU and Other Credit Types
ACCME Accreditation Statement
The American Society of Addiction Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Society of Addiction Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
This activity has been approved by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #295, ASAM is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
California Association for Drug/Alcohol Educators (CAADE)
This educational program is approved by CAADE: #CP40 999 1225.
California Association of DUI Treatment Centers (CADTP)
This educational program is approved by CADTP: #205.
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
This educational program is approved by CCAPP: #OS-20-330-1224.
Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
Non-physician participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the activity and an online evaluation confirming their participation. Participants should submit his/her certificate of attendance to their professional organization/institute.
Maintenance of Certification / Continuing Certification Program
American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)
The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) has approved this activity for 1.25 credits towards ABPM MOC Part II requirements.
American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology TM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®.
American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 1.25 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn 1.25 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 credits.
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and/or Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Successful completion of this CME activity can be used to satisfy the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s (ABPN) CME requirement for Maintenance of Certification program.
American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)
Successful completion of this activity can be used to satisfy the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) for Tmoc as credits towards ABAM LLSA Part II requirements.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
Royal College Fellows can use participation in Accredited Continuing Medical Education to earn Section 3 Credits.
Disclosure Information
In accordance with disclosure policies of ASAM and the ACCME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all CME/CE activities. These policies include mitigating all possible relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for the Planning Committees and Presenters. All activity Planning Committee members and Presenters have disclosed relevant financial relationship information. The ASAM CE Committee has reviewed these disclosures and determined that the relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are not inconsistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.
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