Objectives:

  1. Define Financial Toxicity / Financial Hardship as it relates to our patients.
  2. Explain how insurance status and type influence risk of catastrophic out-of-pocket spending following injury.
  3. Identify demographic and system-level factors that drive risk for financial hardship after injury, independent of injury severity.
  4. Summarize the downstream consequences of medical debt and financial hardship on health-related quality of life.
  5. Discuss practical policy and clinical interventions aimed at mitigating financial toxicity for trauma and emergency surgery patients.
Session date: 
08/20/2025 - 7:30am to 8:30am CDT
Location: 
Hybrid (In-person and Virtual)
United States
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  • 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME
  • 1.00 ABS Accredited CME
    • 1.00 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 1.00 MOC: ABS Lifelong Learning & Self-Assessment Points (Part II)
    This activity meets the ABS requirements for CME and self‐assessment credit toward Part 2 of the ABS MOC program.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC Contact Hours
  • 1.00 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
    • 1.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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Presenter(s): 
John W. Scott, MD, MPH, FACS