CDC Training on CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

Activity ID

Activity Weighting

Subcategory Name

Patient Safety and Practice Assessment

Activity Description

Completion of all the modules of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) course “Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids” that reviews the 2016 “Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.” Note: This activity may be selected once every 4 years, to avoid duplicative information given that some of the modules may change on a year-by-year basis but over 4 years there would be a reasonable expectation for the set of modules to have undergone substantive change, for the improvement activities performance category score.

Validation

Completion with a passing score of all the modules of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) course "Applying CDC's Guideline for Prescribing Opioids" that reviews the 2016 "Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain"

Suggested Documentation

Documented participation in and completion of all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) course "Applying CDC's Guideline for Prescribing Opioids" that reviews the 2016 "Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain."

NOTE: The CDC continues to develop additional training modules. With this in mind, all modules available at the stated start date of the eligible clinician or group's attestation period must be completed in order to attest to this IA.