Making a case for the CDE's role in outsourcing diabetes services to a freestanding outpatient diabetes disease state management center.
Outsourcing of diabetes disease state management services by MCOs is a good thing for enrollees with diabetes. It is a good mechanism for MCOs that are striving to cut the costs of diabetes care, and it is a trend that the authors expect to see continue in an accelerated way, given the new diagnostic guidelines released by the American Diabetes Association and the epidemic of diabetes among older persons. Through a partnership with a quality, freestanding, outpatient diabetes disease state management center staffed by CDEs, MCOs with a vision can expect to profit now and pay less later for devastating, expensive diabetes complications that lead to increased hospitalizations.
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LHCA's Diabetes Self-Management Skills Training Center, Wheaton, Maryland
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LHCA's Diabetes Self-Management Skills Training Center, Wheaton, Maryland
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