Managing Staff who Communicate with Customers

Pittsburgh, PA US
September 13, 2023

The purpose of this educational activity is to improve customer service outcomes by providing the Health Plan management staff with knowledge and skills to develop and improve the ability to identify, address, and intervene with staff who lack essential customer service skills when interacting with members.

Target Audience

ISD Clinical Management Staff

Learning Objectives

1.   Summarize systemwide key behaviors for staff and member interaction

2.   Identify opportunities to provide feedback and manage staff towards excellence

3.   Explain the metrics used to measure member experience

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
08/11/2023
Course expires: 
10/13/2023
Event starts: 
09/13/2023 - 10:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/13/2023 - 11:30am EDT

Program begins at 10:00am and ends at 11:30am.  Total Education Time = 1.5 Hour(s)

TIME

CONTENT

PRESENTER

10:00 to 10:30am

Review of system wide key behaviors for member and staff interactions

Mariel Saldutte

10:30 to 11:00am

Describe opportunities to provide feedback and manage staff towards excellence

Mariel Saldutte

11:00 to 11:30am

Review of customer or member experience metrics

Mariel Saldutte

UPMC Health Plan
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States
Mariel Saldutte
Learning Specialist, Learning & Development

Mariel is a Learning Specialist within UPMC’s Learning and Development team.  She has worked for the organization since August 2021 in various roles in both clinical and non-clinical settings.  In her current role as a Learning Specialist, Mariel creates and facilitates staff and leadership development learning opportunities for employees throughout the organization.  Prior to returning back to her hometown of Pittsburgh, Mariel served as a secondary Special Education teacher for five years in Charleston, South Carolina.  She received her Bachelor of Science in Special Education from the College of Charleston in South Carolina and recently completed her Certificate in Leadership and Organizational Change at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nursing (CNE):  The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.5 contact hour(s).

CCM CE is not provided for this educational activity.

This activity is eligible for endorsed credit for UPMC Health Plan EMTs and Paramedics.  Complete ETHOS course work, obtain the attendance certificate, and submit to EMS governing body for 1.5 CE credit(s).

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credit(s).

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

NOTE:  Paramedic/EMT CE is approved for any activity in which ANCC (nursing CE) is approved.  This is per Heather Bogdon and Christie Hempfling

Available Credit

  • 1.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
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