
Activity ID
2938Expires
September 30, 2025Format Type
OtherCME Credit
2Fee
$0CME Provider: Boston University School of Medicine
Description of CME Course
This activity is a series of online and live meeting CME/CNE programs designed to help healthcare providers, of all specialties, safely and effectively manage patients with acute or chronic pain and when appropriate, with opioid analgesics.
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Commercial Support?
YesNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
Optimize safety when prescribing opioids for acute pain
Determine when opioid analgesics are indicated for chronic pain
Assess pain and prescription opioid misuse risk
Educate patients about opioid risks and realistic benefits
Identify and manage patients with an opioid use disorder
Keywords
Pain Management, Addiction, Opioid Prescribing
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AAFP Prescribed Credit, AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Opioid REMS
This educational activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Extended-Release/Long-Acting Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies.
MIPS Approved
This activity qualifies for the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), where you can earn a performance-based payment adjustment to your Medicare payment
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Rural, Urban, VA/Military