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Prediabetes campaign: 1 in 3 in U.S. has prediabetes, learn your risk

On World Diabetes Day 2018, the AMA, the CDC and the Ad Council continue the fight against type 2 diabetes.

Press Releases
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Why some patients don't take prediabetes seriously

How you can help patients see the need for immediate action and connect them with the right resources for diabetes prevention.

Prevention & Wellness
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9 CME activities to help you improve chronic disease management

These online CME activities offer educational insights on nutrition, diabetes prevention, hypertension control, practice redesign and more.

Online CME
Blood pressure monitoring can go a long way. The AMA website provides resources to help.
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Up your MIPS score by tallying efforts to prevent chronic disease

Two step-by-step guides help doctors score well under the 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System for what they do to prevent heart disease and diabetes.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Looking at global perspectives for diabetes prevention

Charles Alessi, MD, chief clinical officer for HIMSS International, details the importance of a global perspective in preventing diabetes.

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Prevention & Wellness
Leadership Thoughts
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Targeting populations to overcome barriers in diabetes prevention

This ACO’s integrated, community-based approach to helping their patients with diabetes and prediabetes has reaped rewards and can serve as a model.

Prevention & Wellness
Internist Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD
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2 ways to spark change in minority patients and prevent diabetes

Longtime AMA member Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD, talks about how to manage patients with prediabetes and diabetes to improve health outcomes for minority patients.

Health Equity
Physician weighing male patient on scale.
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Prediabetes screening, referral can help you succeed in MIPS

Earn points in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System for the work your practice does to identify patients with prediabetes and refer them to evidence-based prevention programs.

Payment & Delivery Models
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AMA urges more patients to learn their risk for type 2 diabetes

On Diabetes Alert Day, the AMA highlights ongoing public service campaign aimed at encouraging the public to take a one-minute online prediabetes risk test.

Press Releases