Diabetes Self-Management Education/Training (DSME/T) Almost one out of six of your adult patients has or is at risk of developing diabetes. Diabetes control achieved through diabetes self-management education can improve health outcomes. Refer your patients to an American Diabetes Association (ADA) recognized or American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) accredited Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) Program. With a referral, classes are covered by Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance plans. Diabetes self-management training (DSMT) and medical nutrition therapy (MNT) benefits are alarmingly underutilized by Medicare beneficiaries. Data from the Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) reveals the root causes of this under utilization are limited awareness/confusion of the benefits and how to order the benefits for a patient. The response: AADE and ADA joined forces to develop the Diabetes Services Order Form, which is designed to be an easy and convenient way for a physician or a qualified non-physician practitioner to refer their Medicare patients with diabetes to a diabetes educator for DSMT and a registered dietitian for MNT. The standardized referral form can be used by any facility or healthcare professional and includes the key referral information required to meet Medicare regulatory requirements for MNT and/or DSMT referrals, but the form itself is not required by Medicare.
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AADE and ADA have also developed a backgrounder and education fact sheet that includes a summary of the Medicare MNT benefit requirements and DSMT requirements, as well as examples of how MNT and the DSMT services can be coordinated for qualifying Medicare beneficiaries.
New ICD-10 Codes for Diabetes Self-Management Training: October 1, 2015 marked the switch from ICD-9 codes to ICD-10 codes. The new set of codes is greatly expanded from the previous version, allowing for more specificity in diagnoses. Learn more and see the codes now. For additional information about the codes, check out these resources.
Are your patients at risk for type 2 diabetes? Test them today for prediabetes and recommend a Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for those at risk.
CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is an evidence-based lifestyle change program for preventing type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Prevention Program research study showed that lifestyle changes reduced the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58% in people with prediabetes. The DPP is a year-long program with 16 weekly sessions and 8 monthly follow-up sessions with trained lifestyle coaches who empower participants to take charge of their health. Which Patients Are Eligible for DPP? To participate, patients must: • Be at least 18 years old; • Be overweight BMI greater than or equal to 24; greater than or equal to 22 if Asian. • Have established risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes; or • Have been diagnosed with prediabetes within the past year or previously diagnosed with gestational diabetes.
Prevent Diabetes STAT (Screen/Test/Act Today): See how a practice like yours is screening, testing and acting today to prevent diabetes.
CHWs are not clinicians or healthcare providers. The services they provide do not replace the level of care that physicians, nurses and physician assistants provide to patients. As an integrated member of your care team, they can assist with the daily challenges you face like time, follow-up and patient education.
CHWs can assist with:
• Case management and care coordination • Outreach and Community Education • Health promotion and health coaching • Community and cultural competence • Home-based support • Basic initial health screenings
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Guiding Principles for the Care of People With or at Risk for Diabetes: These Guiding Principles aim to identify and synthesize areas of general agreement among existing guidelines to help guide primary care providers and health care teams to deliver quality care to adults with or at risk for diabetes.
Health Resources and Services Administration: Provides a quality toolkit. Improvement Planning Worksheet
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Provides information and tools for quality improvement projects. Minnesota Quality Improvement Toolbox: Provides resources for quality improvement projects.
Model of Improvement: Safe and Healthy Beginnings. Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Resource Center National Diabetes Education Program: Provides diabetes related resources for quality improvement.
National Quality Strategy (NQS) toolkit: This tool kit can be used by organizations to show alignment to and support of the NQS. The NQS is a national effort to align public-and private-sector stakeholders to achieve better health and health care for all Americans and is led by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
PDSA: Plan, Do, Study, Act by Adam Strom & Andrea Kaminski. Safety Net Medical Home Initiative: Idaho's Quality Improvement Network (QIN) resource and tools page for Idaho healthcare providers. Will It Work Here?: A Decision maker's Guide to Adopting Innovations.
This comprehensive resource guide helps students with diabetes, their health care team, school staff, and parents work together to provide optimal diabetes management in the school setting. View or download School Guide promotional tools.
Provided as an interactive DVD, the coach’s handbook covers common health and safety issues in youth.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Practice Facilitation Handbook: Module 19. Implementing Care Teams
Why Weight? A Guide to Discussing Obesity & Health with Your Patients
Million Hearts Treatment Protocols for Hypertension National Diabetes Education Program: Provides diabetes related resources.