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EDC PROGRAM PROVIDERS
   
Your assistance is needed in referring all Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes for diabetes self-management education (DSME) training.  The Every Diabetic Counts program is a patient-centered approach to DSME that addresses the cultural, social, and behavioral concerns affecting people with diabetes.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), underserved (African-American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian/Pacific Islander) populations experience a disproportionate incidence of diabetes, including excess health utilization and costs. Every Diabetic Counts will serve these populations in order to help patients become more active in their diabetes care, improve their health, and ultimately reduce disparities one patient at a time.

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Benefits to you include:

  • Achievement of recommended standards on diabetes
  • Improved patient outcomes
  • Great professional satisfaction
  • Community resources
  • Free educational materials
  • Patient Satisfaction

 

Benefits for your patient(s) include:

  • Better self-management skills
  • Adherence to care plan
  • Improved glycemic control
  • Coping skills

 

If you are a practicing provider in one of the following states/territories, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Tennessee, or the US Virgin Islands please contact the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for your state to learn how you can become involved in the Every Diabetic Counts program.

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HDQIOSC DISCLAIMER

This site was created by the HCD International’s Health Disparities Quality Improvement Organization Support Center through funding by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Contract # HHSM-500-2008-00028C