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hot off the press: quality insights releases updated prediabetes practice module

Prediabetes Module Quality Insights is pleased to announce the release of a newly revised Prediabetes Practice Module.  Along with the National Diabetes Prevention Program's new Prediabetes Risk Test , the module features the following updates:
  • Updated Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) & Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) site locator links
  • Patient education resources available for free download in a variety of languages
  • DPP Checklist from Quality Insights
Looking for printed copies? Contact your local Quality Insights Practice Transformation Specialist today.
building a Team culture: module offers guidance and tools to help you strengthen team cohesion & engagement in your practice

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Anyone who has ever tried to change anything in a medical practice may have noticed that sometimes the change sticks, and sometimes it doesn't. The change is a stunning success in one hallway, while in the next hallway down, nothing happens. Why is that? Did we use the wrong strategy? Employ the wrong people? Not provide enough training? Team culture is an important place to look for answers. 

Click here to access the AMA Steps Forward Team-Based Learning CME module to learn what actionable steps you can take to strengthen your team and create a better culture for both your staff and the patients they serve.
Medicare Diabetes prevention program: Become a Medicare Enrolled Supplier

MDPP model Medicare pays Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) suppliers to furnish group-based intervention to at-risk Medicare beneficiaries:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-approved National Diabetes Prevention Program curriculum
  • Up to two years of sessions delivered to groups of eligible beneficiaries
Review the MDPP Expanded Model Booklet to find out how to become a Medicare enrolled MDPP supplier, how to get a separate National Provider Identifier (NPI) for MDPP, as well as additional details about the program.
take advantage of these free online educational sessions  

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Free CME Webinar Series with the National Diabetes Prevention Program at ADA
Webinar 1: September 12, 2019, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Webinar 2: September 19, 2019, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Webinar 3: September 26, 2019, 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have awarded the American Diabetes Association (ADA) a five-year, cooperative agreement to support the expansion of the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) to underserved areas in the U.S. Join these webinars to l earn more about prediabetes and the National DPP with the ADA's new webinar series. Register for one or all three of the sessions for free education and CME/CE.

Appreciative Inquiry: Fostering Positive Culture

Appreciative inquiry is an approach to change that identifies and builds on what is already working well in an organization to foster positive change. Developed at Case Western University in the 1980s, appreciative inquiry uses "unconditional positive" questions to identify what is best in an organization. Learn about 5 important steps your practice can take to help improve your organizational culture and boost collaboration. The American Medical Association designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditâ„¢.
mark your calendar: upcoming hypertension and diabetes events across pa

calendar Below is a list of just some of the hypertension and diabetes related events coming up in the next few months in towns and cities across Pennsylvania.
Do you know about a local diabetes prevention or hypertension events taking place near you? Email the details to Amy Porter if you'd like to have it featured in our upcoming newsletters.
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For more details about the Improving Hypertension and Diabetes Care & Prevention project, please contact 
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Funding provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Health through the Improving the Health of Americans Through Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke federal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Publication number PADOH-HD- 083019