Provider Training
Welcome to Sunflower Health Plan. We thank you for being part of our network of participating physicians, hospitals and other healthcare professionals.
Training Resources
Fundamentals of Addiction Treatment ECHO
Medication Assisted Treatment is “the use of medications, in combination with behavioral therapies, to provide a whole-patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.” Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This ECHO series will focus on:
- Broadening understanding of addiction therapies
- Increasing the number of rural and frontier providers offering addiction treatments
- Maximizing access to medication assisted treatment
Please register to attend our upcoming ECHO sessions on Thursdays in March from 12:00-1:00 PM via Zoom video conferencing!
- Sunflower Webinar: Antipsychotic Use in Long-Stay Nursing Facility Residents, presented by Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka
- National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign
- The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients with Dementia (2016)
- American Geriatrics Association (AGS) - A Guide To The Management of Psychotic Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia in Older Adults (PDF)
- CDC’s main HPV information page
- CDC video: You Are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention (CE may be available, please check.)
- CDC HPV promotional print material
- Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics HPV vaccine webinar
Kansas Opioid Products for Pain Management Prior Authorization
- Kansas Opioid PA Policy Training Presentation (PDF)
- Kansas Opioid PA Policy Training Webinar Recording - from May 22, 2018
Summary Guidelines
- Turn the Tide Rx Prescribing Opioids for Pain
- CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
- AMDG Summary of 2015 Interagency Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Pain (PDF)
Assessment Tools
- CDC Checklist for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (PDF)
- Opioid Risk Tool (PDF)
- CRAFFT Adolescents Tool (PDF)
- CAGE Tool
- NIDA Drug Use Screening Tool
- STOP BANG Tool
- Patient Health Questionnaire (PDF)
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Tool (PDF)
Prescribing Agreements
Tapering Tools
Miscellaneous Prescriber Resources
- K-TRACS Kansas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- COPE (Collaborative Opioid Prescribing Education) CME course
Helpful Links
- Video: Adverse Incident Reporting “AIR” System Training - from KDADS
- Meningococcal Vaccine Toolkit - from Immunize Kansas Coalition (IKC)
- Long-Term Care Application - KMAP guides for nursing facility workers who help patients apply for long-term care coverage under Medicaid/KanCare
Training Events
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