We would like to invite you to participate in the review of the draft version of the 2019 Endocrine Society Measure Set for Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes at Risk for Hypoglycemia.

As background, the Endocrine Society (the Society) has made hypoglycemia a strategic priority, conducting a series of roundtables with key stakeholders from the federal government, provider community, patient advocates, quality improvement experts, manufacturers, and payers to develop a comprehensive approach to this problem. To further address this strategic priority, the Society has embarked on a multi-year quality improvement project, the Hypoglycemia Prevention Initiative (Initiative), to design and test clinical interventions in primary care settings that will aim to decrease the number of patients at high-risk of hypoglycemia and the frequency and severity of their episodes.

To compliment this effort, the Society convened a technical expert panel (TEP) in April to begin the process of identifying potential measures to address hypoglycemia, which can impact patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The TEP included endocrinologists, primary care physicians, diabetes educators, pharmacists, measurement experts, and patient advocates to ensure that the measure set included different opinions and expertise.  This public comment is intended to serve as opportunity for interested stakeholders to provide feedback on this measure set.

Please read the steps below and then complete the form that follows. The required questions are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Comment Review Period Open

To access a draft of the measure sets, click on the document’s title below and it will open up in a new tab of your web browser (at the top of this window). You may provide comments on behalf of yourself individually or of your institution.

Helpful Hint: You may want to do one of the following when submitting your comments:

• First, read the document and write notes on a separate piece of paper.  Then come back to this online submission form to insert all of that information at one time. (This is recommended if you are submitting comments on behalf of your institution)
• Alternatively, given that the draft of the measure sets opens in a new tab of your web browser, you can switch between the tab of the draft and the tab of the online comment submission form in order to submit your comments.