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The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) recognizes that you are a life-long learner who has chosen to engage in continuing medical education to identify or fill a gap in knowledge, skill or performance. As part of AACE’s duty to you as a learner, you have the right to expect that your continuing medical education experience with AACE includes:
CONTENT that:
- Promotes improvements or quality in healthcare.
- Is valid, reliable, and accurate.
- Offers balanced presentations that are free of commercial bias for or against a…
moreBy: Julius W. Hobson, Jr.
Build Back Better Act
On November 19th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, the “Build Back Better Act”. This Federal Policy Update provides information concerning the major health care provisions in H.R. 5376. The information is provided by House Committee.
Energy and Commerce
- Ensuring affordability of coverage for household incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level for calendar years 2022-2025.
- Establishing a health insurance affordability fund at $10 billion annually.
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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a worldwide growing problem with significant associated morbidity and mortality as well as financial burden. While the pharmacologic armamentarium for diabetes management has grown tremendously in recent years providing some patients with the newest and most beneficial therapeutic options, many patients unfortunately remain on older and outdated therapies long term or go without treatment for a variety of reasons. Furthermore an alarming number of patients may remain undiagnosed (1). A topic that I am passionate about relates to the intersection of clinical inertia…
moreMental health readiness is important when making the transition from a multiple daily injection regimen to insulin pump therapy or hybrid closed loop systems. Diabetes-related distress strongly correlates with general emotional distress, disordered eating, fear of hypoglycemia, short-term and long-term diabetic complications, and increasing Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C). Diabetes-related distress also demonstrates a negative correlation with reported self-care behaviors, and is recognized as an independent, major contributor to poor adherence (1). A recent meta-analysis reported patients with…
moreBy: Julius W. Hobson, Jr.
Physician Medicare Payment Cuts
Sequestration is the automatic across-the-board of certain federal government spending. It is generally by a uniform percentage. Physician Medicare payments were scheduled for a 2 percent reduction effective January 1, 2022. However, in December Congress enacted the “Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequestration Cuts Act” [Public Law 117-71]. The new law prevents any payment adjustment through March 31st. It then authorizes a one percent reduction April 1 to June 30, 2022. A further two percent…
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Dates of Travel: October 21, 2021 - November 3, 2021
Location: Lima, Perú (Hospital Nacional Docente Madre Niño San Bartolomé)
Mentors: Dr. Julio Leey (University of Florida, USA) and Dr. Edwin Acho (Lima, Perú)
The Lewis E Braverman Endocrine Fellow in Training Educational Grant allowed me to have the unique experience to travel to Lima, Peru for a clinical rotation. The clinical experience was focused on the diagnosis and management of pre- and gestational diabetes in low-income settings. I also saw other endocrinopathies such as: PCOS,…
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Greetings AACE Community,
As I shared with you this past fall, our AACE leadership spent the last year developing our 2022-2025
strategic plan and committed to three key areas – endocrine care teams, patient and public awareness, and worldwide engagement. Our teams have been hard at work to implement our goals since rolling out our strategic plan in 2021, and today I’d like to share a few updates in one of our three focus areas – patient awareness.
First, we are excited to announce that we will be further expanding and…
moreAACE Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
As a forward-thinking organization, we are committed to expanding our global presence through our strategic goals, which includes fostering worldwide engagement within the broader endocrine community to improve global health. To support this initiative, we offer educational opportunities and events at key destinations across the globe, enabling participants to connect with AACE experts, stay informed about the latest advancements in clinical endocrinology, and network with peers in their regions.
Explore our international events and opportunities…
moreFormer AACE President, Daniel S. Duick, MD, FACP, MACE, ECNU, passed peacefully, surrounded by family on January 5, 2022. He was an inspiration to the endocrine community as an endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism specialist with more than 55 years of experience in the medical field.
Dr. Duick was born in Chicago and grew up in Skokie, Illinois, where he received his primary and secondary education. He attended Loyola University in Chicago and the University of South Dakota, graduating from the latter with a BS and MS degree in Biologic Sciences. He graduated from Northwest University…
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