Course 7: Care Coordination in Perinatal Substance Use Disorder

Course 7: Care Coordination in Perinatal Substance Use Disorder

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Course Overview

This course activity prepares social workers, case managers, and care team members to support perinatal patients with substance use disorder through the MOMs+ program by clarifying notification versus reporting requirements, Plans of Safe Care, and trauma‑informed, non‑punitive practices. Using real‑world cases, it emphasizes care coordination, harm reduction, and community partnerships to prevent overdose, reduce stigma, and improve outcomes for parents and infants.

Course Content

Credits

0.50
AMA PRA Category 1™ Credits

* AMA PRA Category 1™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ACCME, ARDMS, CCI, and Sonography Canada.

Course Details

Duration
0.50 hour
Released
May 12, 2026
Last Review
May 12, 2029
Expires
May 13, 2029

Objectives

  1. Describe the clinician’s role in perinatal overdose prevention across the prenatal and postpartum continuum.

  2. Identify required perinatal substance‑use–related notifications and apply appropriate reporting and communication practices within clinical workflows.

  3. Explain the purpose and core components of Plans of Safe Care and integrate them into patient‑centered perinatal care planning.

  4. Implement effective care coordination strategies to improve outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women at risk for substance‑related harms.

Target Audience

Clinicians and Staff of Birthing Hospitals. Course contains Wyoming specific information.

Faculty & Disclosure

Faculty

Oliva Carrara, LMSW

Disclosure

Olivia Carrara, LMSW discloses no such relationships exist

Accreditation

Accreditation: Each activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS) through the joint providership of Compass Healthcare Collaborative and Epifluence. Compass Healthcare Collaborative is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education

for physicians.

Credit Designation: Compass Healthcare Collaborative designates this enduring activity for a maximum of ­­ 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support: Each activity was developed without support from any ineligible company. *The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is

producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: Compass adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. The content of each activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. None of the planners or moderators for each educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients.