Implementing Diabetes Self-Management Education in Primary Care
- Sharlene Emerson, MSN, FNP, CDE
Abstract
In Brief
This article describes an ongoing project being implemented at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that is designed to provide diabetes self-management education (DSME) in primary care offices. The author identifies process issues that should be considered when implementing a DSME program in primary care settings and provides helpful information about the billing and revenue issues that can present barriers to reimbursement for DSME services.
Footnotes
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Sharlene Emerson, MSN, FNP, CDE, is director of outpatient diabetes education at the University of Pittsburgh Diabetes Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa.
- American Diabetes Association
