The official podcast of the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists. Join us as we discuss the latest news in diabetes care, education, advocacy and technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic changed how the inpatient environment is managed practically overnight. Jane Seley DNP, MPH, MSN, GNP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES walks us through how her health system navigated the chaos and shares tips you can use to respond to emergency situations.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 1135 emergency waiver and recently passed CARES Act have changed the telehealth landscape. Join ADCES staff as they discuss what these changes mean for your practice and answer your questions on the latest updates released on April 30, 2020.
Individualized care often necessitates the need to not only work with a culture or religion different than your own, but to cross boundaries to understand and support an individual’s unique needs. Diana Malkin-Washeim, PhD, MPH, RD, CDCES, CDN shares her tips for working across cultural boundaries in a faith-based setting to deliver diabetes self-management education and support.
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Gary Scheiner joins us to explain how accuracy is measured for glucose monitoring devices. You’ll walk away with knowledge that you can use to improve user confidence, reduce the risk of over- or under-dosing insulin, and support better medication management.
Creating an online community for your clients offers valuable ongoing support that expands beyond the confines of traditional office settings and timetables. Diabetes care and education specialist Debra Hull joins us to share her experience and recommendations for anyone on the diabetes care team looking to quickly set up a successful virtual support group.
ADCES Senior Manager of Prevention Angela Forfia joins us to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing diabetes prevention program operations and service delivery. Angela will walk us through the latest CDC guidance for programs and what options you and your clients have available.
The CARES Act and the CMS Medicaid section 1135 waivers have drastically changed the telehealth landscape, but what does that mean for your clients and practice? ADCES Director of Advocacy Kate Thomas provides a legislative update from Congress, answers your questions around CMS coverage, and shares what ADCES is doing to advocate for you and your clients.
Telehealth can extend your reach and reduce barriers to care, but what are the steps to starting these services? Hear from Jamie Lee, a certified diabetes care and education specialist who has been there. Jamie shares how she implemented telehealth services in a rural area of Eastern Kentucky and discusses what she learned that could help your practice. This episode is brought to you by the ADCES Foundation.
Many working in diabetes care have questions on what latest changes to telehealth by CMS means for their practice. Get answers to some of the most common questions in this episode with ADCES Director of Diabetes Education and Prevention Programs Sacha Uelman. **UPDATE: Referring providers can now request 1:1 in the referral order and indicate “Covid-19 risk” as the special need and “telehealth” if indicated.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed telehealth to the forefront of care. Thanks to the recent changes to telehealth by CMS, many are now able to reimburse for these services, but who exactly can bill? What can you do to prepare your clients? In this episode, ADCES Director of Diabetes Education and Prevention Programs Sacha Uelman walk us through telehealth and what it means in the age of COVID-19.