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Pricing: Diplomate Members $ 0.00 - Professional Members $ 0.00 - Non-Members $ 0.00
Upon completion of this activity, members of the interprofessional team should be able to:
Better appreciate the essential medical information a hospital discharge summary to a SNF care setting entails and how to best communicate such information.
Critically appraise a complex clinical process and define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) around a system process that needs improvement.
Gain insight into the complex data information exchange needed for the successful execution of a high-risk process, such as acute care discharge to a SNF.
Faculty includes:
Carl J. Christian Bergman, MD, CMD, FACP, AGSF – Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Faculty Disclosure
Members of the Education Committee, Planners, and Faculty have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
This activity is valid from June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2028.
Original webinar release date: July 30, 2025.
Pricing:
Diplomate Members $0.00
Professional Members $0.00
Non-Members $0.00
This course is complimentary!
About this item
Pricing: Diplomate Members $ 0.00 - Professional Members $ 0.00 - Non-Members $ 0.00
Upon completion of this activity, members of the interprofessional team should be able to:
- Better appreciate the essential medical information a hospital discharge summary to a SNF care setting entails and how to best communicate such information.
- Critically appraise a complex clinical process and define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) around a system process that needs improvement.
- Gain insight into the complex data information exchange needed for the successful execution of a high-risk process, such as acute care discharge to a SNF.
Carl J. Christian Bergman, MD, CMD, FACP, AGSF – Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Faculty Disclosure
Members of the Education Committee, Planners, and Faculty have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
This activity is valid from June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2028.
Original webinar release date: July 30, 2025.
Pricing:
Diplomate Members $0.00
Professional Members $0.00
Non-Members $0.00
This course is complimentary!
Course/Activity Information
ACCREDITATION & CREDIT
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP) and the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC). ABQAURP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians
ABQAURP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
This activity is designated for 1 nursing contact hour.
Osteopathic Physicians
This program is approved for Category 2 credit by the American Osteopathic Association.
Physician Associates
ABQAURP has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. Approval is valid until May 31, 2028. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, ABQAURP is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1 general continuing education credit.
This course is intended for Physicians, Nurses, and Other Health Care Professionals with appropriate CME / CE credit offered for each profession.
All participants must achieve a final assessment score of at least seventy percent (70%) for recertification and continuing education credits. You have 60 days to complete the course after ordering.
This activity is valid from June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2028. Original Webinar Release Date: July 30, 2025.
About the Authors:
Carl J. Christian Bergman, MD, CMD, FACP, AGSF
Dr. Christian Bergman is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. He attended medical school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA and completed his internal medicine residency and geriatric medicine fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA where he specialized in post-acute and long-term care medicine. His clinical practice focuses on post-acute and long-term care medicine with an active and engaged medical directorship model. He is associate professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA where he is focusing on improving transitions of care throughout the unique, integrated VCU Health System along the entire senior care continuum. He is actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, and geriatric fellows. At AGS, he is past chair of the Residents Section, past chair of the Fellows- In-Training Section, an active member of the Health Systems Innovations & Technology Committee, an external guideline reviewer for AGS, and a past contributor to HealthinAging.org. At PALTmed, he serves on the Board of Director as Chair of the House of Delegates. He is past chair of the State Based Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee and past chair of the Transitions of Care subcommittee.