DISCLOSURES

This activity is jointly provided by Northwest Portland Area Indian Health

Board and Cardea

DISCLOSURES

COMPLETING THIS ACTIVITY

Successful completion of this continuing education activity includes the following:

• Attending the entire CE activity;

• Completing the online evaluation;

• Submitting an online CE request.

Your certificate will be sent via email If you have any questions about this CE activity, contact Michelle Daugherty at mdaugherty@cardeaservices.org or (206) 447-9538

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Faculty: Jonathan Owen, PharmD & Neelam Gazarian, PharmD

CME Committee: David Couch; Kathleen Clanon, MD; Johanna Rosenthal, MPH; Pat Blackburn, MPH; Richard Fischer, MD; Sharon Adler, MD

CNE Committee: David Stephens, BSN, RN; Erin Edelbrock MPA; Ginny Cassidy-Brinn MSN, ARNP; Carolyn Crisp, MPH

Richard Fischer, MD is a member of an Organon speaker’s bureau.

Dr. Fischer does not participate in planning in which he has a conflict of interest, and he ensures that any content or speakers he suggests will be free of commercial bias.

None of the other planners or presenters of this CE activity have disclosed any conflict of interest including no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this CE activity.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Acknowledgement

This presentation is funded in part by:

The Indian Health Service HIV/AIDS & Hep C Program

and The Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund

There is no commercial support for this presentation

Outcomes and Objectives:

Conference Objective: At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to explain the steps that would be necessary to begin to screen for and treat patients with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) at their practice sites.

By the end of this learning event participants will be able to:

• Describe tools for management of the care of HCV patients and how to implement them

Starting a HCV Treatment

Program-Belcourt Authored and Presented by: LCDR Jonathan Owen, PharmD

LT Neelam Gazarian, MS, PharmD

Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Health Care Facility

Indian Health Service

Belcourt, ND

12/14/2017

Agenda

Describe use of tools to manage complex care of hepatitis C

patients, discuss workload capabilities.

Share resources of NICE Project with participants to help

manage hepatitis C clinic.

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Who are we?

Prior to HCV Clinic

With Insurance (Pvt./Federal)

Referred to Medical Specialists

$10,000-$15000/referral

Distance

Lost to follow-up

Without Insurance

Very Few Options

Rationing Care

Poor outcomes

Inter-collaborative Approach

Patient

Primary Care

Provider

Pharmacist

Laboratory Services

Benefits Coordinator

Behavioral Health

Public Health

Identifying Patients with Hepatitis C

iCare

168 patients • 25% screening rate

VGEN

155 patients

EHR Documentation

Referral

Consult from PCP

Walk in

Initial Visit

PHQ-9

AUDIT-C

Education

Labs

Immunizations

Comprehensive

visit

Project ECHO

Start Medication

Authorization

Treatment

Counseling

Labs

Immunizations

End of Treatment

Labs

SVR

Patient is cured!

Counsel about re-infection

and prevention

Consult Template

EHR Note Templates

EHR Note Templates

Hepatitis C Labs Order Menu

Hepatitis C Labs Order Set

Patient Management Tools

iCare Panel

Consults

Excel Panel List

NICE Hep C Tool

Managing Patients

Excel document for patient management

Created by Jessica Leston, Brigg Reilley, and David Stephens

Automatically calculates APRI, FIB 4 scores

Excellent for helping to prioritize patients based on liver function and viral load

Hepati

tis

C P

ati

ent

Panel Lis

t

Managing Patients

New panel created by Nelly to help manage patients referred to the clinic

Spin-off of previous panel, automatically calculates APRI, FIB 4 scores

Organized by stage in the treatment processes

Reminders for labs while in treatment, immunizations, notes

Hepati

tis

C P

ati

ent

Panel Lis

t

Managing Patients

Snapshot of stage in treatment process

drop down menus (these can be adjusted)

Patient Panel

Individual Patient Data

Appointment Calendar

Navigating Insurance/Prior Authorizations

Comprehensive Visit Clinic Notes

Project ECHO

• Recommended regimen

Lab Values

• Chem 14, CBC, anemia panel, Vit D, AFT, HIV, Hep A & B, pregnancy

• Viral load and genotype

• Fibrosis Score: APRI, FIB4, Fibrotest

Abstinence requirements

• Urine drug screens and/or clinical notes

Compliance

Patient Assistance Program

Gilead’s Support Path

• Harvoni®, Epclusa®

• iAssist: https://www.assistrx.com/iassist/

AbbVie Patient Assistance Foundation

•Mavyret®

Patient Assistance Programs

Tribal ID card

Income documents

Max income allowed differs by

program

Proof of no insurance

American Indians/Alaska

Natives (AI/AN): Indian Health

Coverage Exemption

“American Indians and Alaska

Natives (AI/ANs) and other

people eligible for services

through the Indian Health

Service, tribal programs, or

urban Indian programs (like the

spouse or child of an eligible

Indian) don't have to pay the

fee for not having health

coverage. This is called having

an Indian health coverage

exemption.”

Time Investment and Workload (Minutes)

30 • Initial Visit

30 •ECHO

30 •Prior Authorization

60 •Treatment

30 •Counseling

Current Status

• Pending

8

• Project Echo

3 • Medication

Approval Pending

3

• Treatment

8

• ETR

4

• SVR “cure”

2

8 11 14 22 26 28

Patients Enrolled in Clinic

Baby Boomers

36%

Non-Baby Boomers

64%

AGE DISTRIBUTION

HCV Screening Rate

25.3%

27.3%

36.2%

42.1%

25.0%

27.0%

29.0%

31.0%

33.0%

35.0%

37.0%

39.0%

41.0%

43.0%

5/31/2017 6/30/2017 7/31/2017 8/31/2017 9/30/2017 10/31/2017 11/30/2017

HCV Screening Rate

Cost Analysis: Cumulative

$557,424

$363,240

$203,112

$62,421

$172,467 $110,046

$0

$200,000

$400,000

$600,000

$800,000

$1,000,000

$1,200,000

Total RetailValue

Cost of Meds toClinic

POS Revenue Total Return

IHS Source

Medicaid/Exp

PAP

$1,123,776

Next Steps

Leading efforts in the Great Plains, Bemidji and

Billings Areas

Sharing experiences and resources with other service

units

Next Steps

POC Testing (>14 years)

Behavioral Health

Public Health

Clinic

Pharmacy

Dental

Emergency Room

Success Story

Drop minimum fibrosure

score requirements

No NS5A resistance test required

unless prescribing Zepatier®

12-months abstinence

requirements remains

ND Medicaid and Expansion

Medicaid Letter – Balancing Act

STATE

CLINIC

Hepatitis Listserv

Share info via text HCV

to 97779

Create a NICE Project Listserv to

continuously improve and

grow resources

Create a MAX.gov to

share resources

Patient’s Story

First patient enrolled in HCV clinic summer of 2017,

achieved SVR mid-November

“I have been waiting for this for so long. I know I have made

some mistakes in the past, but I had started to turn my life

around. I am very thankful to them for not being

judgmental and for treating me with respect. I am finally

able to start a family. God bless you!”

- First patient to attain SVR in HCV clinic

Recorded Webinars

http://www.npaihb.org/hcv/#clinical-resources

How to create an iCare panel

How to create a quick order menu for required labs

How to use the NICE patient management tool

Hepatitis C clinic workflow

Medicaid Letter, appointment cards

Special Thanks

Jessica Leston , HCV/HIV/STI Clinical Programs Director for the

Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Brigg Reilley, National HIV/AIDS Program

David Stephens, BSN, RN, Case Manager for the Northwest Portland

Area Indian Health Board.

Questions

Thank you

Contact Info:

Neelam.Gazarian@ihs.gov

Jonathan.Owen@ihs.gov

701-477-6111 Ext 8426