Payer/Provider Collaboration to Meet Best Practice Standards in Asthma Management - Special CareTeamTalk Edition

This activity is certified for CME/CNE/CPE credit. To participate and earn credit, visit us at https://www.impactedu.net/asthma-management-best-practices/. Asthma remains a major public health issue in the US, with many patients still uncontrolled despite available treatments and evidence-based guidelines. This leads to preventable ER visits, hospitalizations, and significant costs—over $80 billion annually. The NCQA has updated HEDIS® for 2026 to include a new measure, Follow-Up After Acute and Urgent Care Visits for Asthma (AAF-E), which tracks if patients ages 5–64 receive an outpatient follow-up within 30 days after an asthma-related urgent or emergency visit. This educational activity is designed to increase awareness of the new HEDIS measure to improve outcomes of patients being treated for asthma for both managed care professionals and primary care providers.