Prescribing Buprenorphine in Primary Care: a Practical Guide for WellSpan PCPs

INSTRUCTIONS - Start Here

This is an online course that leads the provider through everything they need to know to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in a primary care setting. It reviews setting up a clinical practice prescribing buprenorphine, using resources within the WellSpan system to schedule patients, and clinical situations that may be faced.

**PLEASE NOTE: to claim MOC credit for this activity, after completion of the activity and evaluation, you will need to go to the evaluation page and click "Claim MOC."**

1. Describe how to apply for their DEA-X waiver to prescribe buprenorphine
2. Discuss how to liaise with the director of WellSpan Recovery Support and arrange for collaboration with a Recovery Support Specialist
3. Identify how to use Epic resources to improve documentation and make shortcuts to required diagnosis and billing codes
4. Describe how to download and prepare patients handouts for their first buprenorphine visits
5. Discuss how to coordinate with their practice manager regarding in-office urine drug screens and new visit types
6. Identify complex buprenorphine prescribing scenarios and troubleshoot solutions for these scenarios.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (2.00 hours), ABS CC (2.00 hours), ABS CC SAM (2.00 hours), Act 124 Opioid Continuing Education Qualified (2.00 hours), Act 13 Patient Safety/Risk Management Credits (2.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (2.00 hours)

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 12:01 AM - Saturday, September 20, 2025, 12:00 AM

Accreditation Statement: WellSpan Health is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation: WellSpan Health designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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