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Exciting news, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) passed by the House of
Representatives includes the CDE provision to improve access to diabetes self-management training
(DSMT) by designating all certified diabetes educators as certified Medicare providers for purposes
of outpatient diabetes self-management training.
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The CDE provision, which was included in the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) version of health
care reform, has been omitted from the final 'merged' bill between SFC and the HELP Committee. We
are told this is not due to any policy concerns or opposition to this provision by any
Senator.
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This month AADE Advocacy is spotlighting Jenifer Janetski, RD CDE, the Chapter Legislative
Coordinator from the Montana Chapter of Diabetes Educators (MAADE). Jennifer and her fellow
constituents and peers were instrumental in obtaining Senator Baucus' support of the CDE
legislation language to be included in the Senate Healthcare Reform Bill.
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In 2009, Mississippi was ranked number one in obesity in the U.S. for the fifth straight year by
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America 's Health. Mississippi has a diabetes
prevalence rate of 11.3% as opposed to 8.2% nationally.
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AADE Advocacy is spotlighting an article from the
Kaiser Health News
website.
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