Virginia Premier Health Plan, Inc.

Complete a Cultural Competency Course Today!

If you have already taken a cultural competency course and would like your Virginia Premier practitioner record to reflect this information, please call or email Pamela Small, MSN, RN, QI Manager, at (800) 727-7536 ext. 5269 or email her at psmall@vapremier.com.  You can also contact Jamie McPherson, MPA, BSN, QI Director, at (800) 727-7536 ext. 5179 or email her at jmcpherson@vapremier.com.  

One of the quality goals implemented in 2007, and continues to be a critical goal in 2008, is to make certain that all participating practitioners, especially primary care physicians, take a cultural competency course that will facilitate effective communication between practitioners and members of diverse populations. In order to meet this goal, every practitioner, in the VPHP network, needs to complete a Cultural Competency course. Completion of the course also needs to be communicated to Virginia Premier. Otherwise, you may appear on our noncompliance roster.

VPHP is supporting a FREE Cultural Competency Course at: http://qualityinteractions.org/ahip/index.html.

Please find the specifics and benefits below:

• The course is FREE for participating practitioners and designed specifically for physicians. However, any participating practitioner (i.e. psychologists) can attempt to take the course.
• The course may take up to 1 hour.
• You must register and enter the Organization ID: 1750.
• You will obtain 1.0 Category 1 Credit toward the American Medical Association's Physician Recognition Award.
• The CME Certificate can be printed immediately after your complete the course online. The course is only offered online. Please note: For courses completed after September 24, 2006, a Tufts University School of Medicine (TUFTS) CME/CEU Certificated will be issued.
• If you experience any difficulties completing the course online at the link above, please contact Rita Carreon, AHIP Diversity Manager, at (202) 778-3239 or (877) 291-2247.

Practitioners who complete a cultural competency course will be recognized in one or more of the following ways:

• Member Newsletter
• Provider Newsletter
• Web Site
• Member Directory

Again, Complete a Cultural Competency Course Today!