OasisLMS

Quality Leaders, Behavioral Health Professionals, and Community Health Workers

• Gain a clear understanding of the current scope and purpose of Iowa PCA’s Behavioral Health Services administrative role and Behavioral Health System Navigation services available to Critical Access Hospitals in Iowa.
• Learn how to connect with regional navigators and access navigation support for patients and hospital staff.
• Participate in a shared discussion about care coordination challenges and future opportunities for collaboration between hospitals and the statewide Behavioral Health system.

Abbey Ferenzi, LMHC Abbey Ferenzi is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and the Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Iowa Primary Care Association, where she plays a key role in advancing Iowa’s behavioral health system transformation.  With more than 20 years of experience, Abbey has worked across the spectrum of community-based behavioral health services, including residential treatment, justice settings, targeted case management, adult residential and habilitation services, permanent supportive housing, intensive community-based mental health treatment and medication management, outpatient psychiatry and therapy, and crisis services.  Her work is grounded in person-centered, community-based care and a commitment to building systems that are accessible, responsive, and effective, with a strong emphasis on cross-system collaboration across healthcare, behavioral health, and community partners. Abbey brings a hands-on understanding to system-level leadership through her experience in program development, operations, workforce development, clinical oversight, policy, and public engagement, and she continues to champion collective approaches that strengthen Iowa’s behavioral health system statewide.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Compass Healthcare Collaborative is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation: Compass designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Commercial Support: This activity was developed without support from any ineligible company. *The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company. 

Disclosure: Compass adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. None of the planners or moderators for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are accepted for nursing and other healthcare discipline license renewal purposes, provided the topic is relevant to the applicant’s field or discipline. After participating, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance detailing the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ you can claim. This certificate is provided for self-reporting requirements and must be submitted to your state board for license renewal.