Identifying Individuals With Diabetes and Diabetic Complications

Activity description

This activity will review and define the key differences between primary (type 1 and type 2 diabetes) and secondary diabetes. It will also identify both the commonly known and the lesser-known complications of diabetes, as well as explore whether diabetes can ever be considered cured.

Provided By
This activity is provided by OptumHealth Education.

Commercial Support
This activity is supported by OptumCare.

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Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, coders and other health care professionals interested in improving diabetes care.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Explain the difference between primary (e.g. type 1 and type 2 diabetes) and secondary diabetes (e.g., diabetes resulting from pancreatectomy).
  • Identify lesser-known complications of diabetes, such as peripheral artery disease (PAD), hyperlipidemia, and skin and musculoskeletal conditions.
  • State whether diabetes can ever be considered cured (e.g., individuals who undergo bariatric surgery and experience well-controlled glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C)).
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAPC - Coders
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
Activity opens: 
04/13/2020
Activity expires: 
04/13/2021
Rating: 
0

Faculty presenter
Anne L. Peters, MDAnne L. Peters, MD
Director
USC Clinical Diabetes Program
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA

About the presenter
Anne L. Peters, MD, is a professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and the Director of the USC Clinical Diabetes Programs. She runs diabetes centers in Beverly Hills and in underserved East Los Angeles. In addition to her clinical work, she has been a PI on multiple grants and has written over 200 abstracts and publications and 4 books. Her major interests involve translating research findings, from lifestyle interventions to technology, to people with diabetes throughout the socioeconomic spectrum. She has been part of the writing groups for the ADA guidelines for the treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, is a member of the EASD/ADA Device Safety committee and the Chair of the Endocrine Society Technology Guideline Writing Group. She was presented with the ADA "Outstanding Physician Clinician" award, the Bernardo Alberto Houssay Award from the National Minority Quality Forum and has been listed on the "Best Doctors in America" continuously since 2001.

Planners
Sarah Chart, RN
Senior Director
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN

Tania M. Miedico, MD
Medical Director
Clinical Performance, OptumCare
Eden Prairie, MN

V. Silverstein, MD
Eagle Creek Medical Communications
Durham, NC

Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial SupportSM, OptumHealth Education requires all those involved in the development of activity content to disclose their relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if such person (or his/her spouse/partner) has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest. OptumHealth Education ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
Ms. Chart and Ms. Gleason have indicated that they are employees of and own stock in UnitedHealth Group.
Dr. Peters has indicated the following:
Advisory board: Abbott Diabetes Care, Becton Dickinson, Bigfoot, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly and Company, Lexicon, Livongo, Medscape, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Omada Health, Sanofi and Science 37
Grant/research support: Dexcom and Mannkind
Speakers’ bureau: Novo Nordisk
The remaining activity faculty or planners have no financial relationships to disclose.

Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.

Accreditation statement
Joint Accreditation LogoIn support of improving patient care, OptumHealth Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.

Credit designation statements
Nurse Practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.

Physicians
OptumHealth Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

AAPC-Certified Coders
This program meets AAPC guidelines for 1.0 CEU. Can be used for Core A, CANPC and CHONC with successful completion of post-test for continuing education units.

Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been pre-approved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AAPC - Coders
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
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