This activity was originally recorded on Thursday, September 8, 2022. The activity EXPIRED on September 8, 2023, and is no longer available for CME credit, but the recording is still available for viewing.
About the Webinar
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) affirmed its right under the U.S. Constitution to establish national standards of practice, a standardized set of services that all health care professionals in a given occupation can perform if their facility performs such services and they have the proper education, training, and skill. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is working to develop these national standards of practice to ensure safe, high-quality care for the Nation’s Veterans in VA's integrated health care system. National standards of practice are designed to increase health care access, improve health outcomes for Veterans, support staff in moving across VA, and provide VA staff support to the country in disaster and times of national crisis. During this webinar, the VA will inform the state medical board community about these standards and will describe the formal process for sharing input. Learn more about the national standards of practice here.
About the Speakers
Elizabeth Brill, MD, MBA, FACOG, was appointed as the Deputy to the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services Integration in June 2021, after successfully completing the temporary detail as the Acting Deputy to the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Community Care (OCC). During this detail, she was responsible for all operational program areas within OCC, assisting the Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Community Care in managing over 7,000 OCC staff. Prior to the detail, Dr. Brill served as the Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Community Care (OCC) for two months in early 2021. Dr. Brill also served as a Senior Advisor to the Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Community Care where she was responsible for contract management, payment operations, and revenue operations and oversight of quality and patient safety programs within OCC. Dr. Brill was the first Chief Medical Officer for the OCC, and in this role, she has assisted OCC leadership in the development and implementation of medical policies for Community Care as well as supporting the implementation of OCC's utilization management, quality and safety programs. Dr. Brill has demonstrated exceptional leadership in her career, including serving as the Chief of Staff at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. She is also an Army Veteran who spent 12 years on active duty as a physician in a number of leadership roles. Dr. Brill earned her medical degree from The Pritzker School of Medicine at The University of Chicago. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
M. Christopher Saslo, DNS, ARNP-BC, FAANP, assumed the role of Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Patient Care Services on July 31, 2022. In this role, he serves in as principal executive for oversight of Nursing, Social Work, Caregiver Support, Connected Care, Pharmacy, Sterile Processing, Geriatrics and Extended Care, Population Health, Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, Physician Assistants and Rehabilitation and Prosthetics. Dr. Saslo served as an Acting Senior Advisor to the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Patient Care Services from January 2022 thru June 2022 and has served as Associate Director for Patient Care Services at Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System since 2014. Dr. Saslo has served as Interim Director from June 2017 to January 2018 and as acting Deputy Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health: Clinical Operations from October 2018 thru May 2019. In his role as ADPCS, Dr.Saslo has oversight for Inpatient and Outpatient Nursing service as well as the Office of Social Work, Sterile Processing, Clinical Informatics, Food & Nutrition and Chaplain Services. Dr. Saslo has been a Nurse for more than 36 years and has served VHA for more than 26 years. Dr. Saslo holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Marywood University in Scranton, PA, his Masters from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA, and a Doctorate in Nursing from Florida Atlantic University. He has been actively involved at local and national levels including the past Chair of the National Ethics Advisory for HIV/HepC Clinical Case Registry.
About the Moderator
Lisa A. Robin, MLA, is Chief Advocacy Officer at the Federation of State Medical Boards. During her long tenure at the FSMB, Ms. Robin has been active in policy analysis, development and promulgation on issues including license portability, telemedicine, pain and addiction policy, scope of practice, professional conduct and ethics, and Internet prescribing. She represents the position of state medical boards to Congress and the Administration and supports individual boards in achieving their state legislative agendas. In this role, she leads the FSMB’s Washington D.C.-based advocacy team and oversees education services, federal and state legislative and policy services and public affairs. She also provides support to the FSMB Foundation and its grant programs. Ms. Robin earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas Christian University.
Target Audience
This activity was designed specifically for physician and public members, as well as leadership staff of the state medical and osteopathic licensing boards, and others within the medical regulatory community.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
Accreditation Statement
The Federation of State Medical Boards is accredited by the 
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statements
The Federation of State Medical Boards designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Federation of State Medical Boards certifies that non-physicians will receive an attendance certificate stating they participated in the activity that was designated for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Disclosure Declaration
As an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) requires that the content of CME activities and related materials provide balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. All faculty, planners, and others in a position to control continuing medical education content participating in an accredited continuing education activity are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Faculty (authors, presenters, speakers) are encouraged to provide a balanced view of therapeutic options by utilizing either generic names or other options available when utilizing trade names to ensure impartiality.
All faculty members are asked to disclose all financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies regardless of the potential relevance of each relationship to the education and of the amount. The FSMB has implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the activity. The intent of this policy is to identify potential conflicts of interest so participants can form their own judgments with full disclosure of the facts. Participants will be asked to evaluate whether the speaker’s outside interests reflect a possible bias in the planning or presentation of the activity. The following indicates the disclosure declaration information and the nature of any relationships with ineligible companies.
The speakers, course director, and planners at the Federation of State Medical Boards, have nothing to disclose.
System Requirements
In order to view this presentation, your computer must have audio capabilities (working speakers or headphones) and must have an internet browser capable of playing an HTML5 video.
Instructions for Participants and Obtaining CME Credit
There is no fee for this activity. To receive credit and receive their certificates, participants must view this CME activity in its entirety and complete the evaluation. The estimated time for completion of this activity is 1 hour.