ACA Implementation Policy Summit: Impact on the Patient with Diabetes
ACA Implementation Policy Summit: Impact on the Patient with Diabetes
SUMMIT GOALS
The summit will explore:
- The current state of diabetes care in the United States, including its epidemiology, prevalence, and challenges relevant to care management.
- The cost of diabetes care and the impact on various stakeholder groups, including individual patients, third-party payers, and health care systems.
- Intended benefits of the ACA and how this shift in health care policy may impact diabetes care and outcomes.
CLAIM CME
To receive a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ participants must complete an activity evaluation. To claim your CME credit, click "Take Course" on the right.
Target Audience
This continuing medical education activity should be of substantial interest to endocrinologists, endocrine fellows and any healthcare professional who treat patients with diabetes.
Additional Information
Robert Vigersky, MD
Past President, Endocrine Society
Director, Diabetes Institute, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Ann Albright, PhD, RD
Director, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, FAHA
Director, Inpatient Diabetes Management Service, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Judith Fradkin, MD
Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Harold D. Miller
President and CEO, Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform
Jenifer Levinson
Member, JDRF Advocacy Committee
Courtney Lias, PhD
Director, Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices, Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Devices, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Jason Wexler, MD
Chair, Clinical Affairs Core Committee, Endocrine Society
Attending Physician, Section of Endocrinology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Zeke Emanuel, MD, PhD, MSc
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Cynthia Magallon Puljic
Vice President, Health Innovations, YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South
R. James Dudl, MD
Diabetes Lead, Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente
Edward Damiano, PhD
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Developer of Bionic Pancreas
Manny Hernandez
President, Diabetes Hands Foundation
Carter R. Blakey
Deputy Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services
Kelly Close, MBA
President, Close Concerns, Inc.
Alvin C. Powers, MD
Director, Vanderbilt Diabetes Center
DISCLOSURE POLICY
The faculty, committee members, and staff who are in position to control the content of this activity are required to disclose to the Endocrine Society and to learners any relevant financial relationship(s) of the individual or spouse/partner that have occurred within the last 12 months with any commercial interest(s) whose products or services are related to the CME content. Financial relationships are defined by remuneration in any amount from the commercial interest(s) in the form of grants; research support; consulting fees; salary; ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options, or ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds); honoraria or other payments for participation in speakers' bureaus, advisory boards, or boards of directors; or other financial benefits. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent CME planners with relevant financial relationships from planning or delivery of content, but rather to provide learners with information that allows them to make their own judgments of whether these financial relationships may have influenced the educational activity with regard to exposition or conclusion.
The Endocrine Society has reviewed all disclosures and resolved or managed all identified conflicts of interest, as applicable.
The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships:
Kelly Louise Close, MBA: Stock options in Abbott, Amylin, Alkermes, Asante, Avalere, Baxter, Bayer, Becton Dickinson, Biocon, Biodel, BodyMedia, Boehringer Ingelheim, Calbra, CanAm, Catabasis, Cebix, Cellnovo, CeQur, Dexcom. Enject, Eli Lilly, GI Dynamics,. Gilead, GSK, Insulet, InteKrin, Intuity Medical, JDFR., Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey & Company, Medtronic, Merck, Mesoblast, Metabolex, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Orexigen, Pfizer, PhaseBio, Proteus Biomedical, Reata, Roche, Rhythm, Sanofi, Sensors for Medicine and Science, Servier, Tandem Diabetes, Telcare, Thermalin, Unomedical, Valeritas, Vivus, and Xeris.
Ed Damiano, PhD: Speaker, DexCom, Eli Lilly, Tandem Diabetes Care
Alvin C Powers, MD: Advisory Board Member, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, GNF/Novartis, Helmsley Trus; Research Grants, NIH, VA, JDRF
The following faculty reported no relevant financial relationships: Ann Albright, PhD, RD; Carter Blakey; Robert James Dudl, MD; Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, MSc; Judith Fradkin, MD; Sherita Golden, MD; Manny Hernandez; Susan Hildebrandt; Jenifer Levinson; Courtney Lias; Harold D. Miller; Cynthia Magallon Puljic; Robert Vigersky, MD; Jason Wexler, MD
Endocrine Society staff associated with the development of content for this activity reported no relevant financial relationships.
Available Credit
- 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- 5.75 CME Certificate of Participation