DASPA, the Diabetes Accreditation Standards -
Practical Applications, is a new program designed
specifically to expand access and treatment
options for patients while offering community
pharmacies a path to reimbursement for diabetes
management.
Establishing an accredited
diabetes education program through a community
pharmacy can be a rewarding venture for the
pharmacist, both financially and professionally.
DASPA offers community pharmacists training to
expand their role into diabetes self-management
education/training (DSME/T) to be eligible for
payment by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services for providing these valuable services to
persons with diabetes.
CMS and many other
payers only acknowledge programs that are
accredited or "site recognized" to bill Part B for
DSME/T services. The American Association of
Diabetes Educators (AADE), a CMS-approved diabetes
education accrediting organization, has teamed
with NCPA to bring you the DASPA
program.
DASPA is a two part program, one
part online and one part live, designed to
instruct pharmacists who are not certified
diabetes educators (CDE) on how to effectively
provide DSME/T, how to establish and manage the
business aspects of a successful program, and how
to accredit a DSME/T program through
AADE.
Please note: The online portion of
the DASPA program must be completed PRIOR to
attending the live portion of the
program.
Section 1:
OnlineNow available, the online portion
of DASPA is a self-paced, 6-module online course
that focuses on the essential knowledge and skills
needed by community pharmacists who want to
enhance their ability to work with patients with
diabetes. A comprehensive final exam covering all
modules will assess the learner's
knowledge.
Online modules
include:
* Defining
Diabetes
* Clinical Practice
Guidelines
* Self-Management
Education
* Healthy Eating
and Physical Activity
*
Medications
* Complications
of Uncontrolled Diabetes
Section 2:
LiveLive program topics
include:
* Preparing for
"site recognition" survey
*
Building the DSME/T team
*
Implementing team-based care
services
* Billing boot
camp
* Appropriate
therapeutic shoes/inserts
*
Diabetes education proficiency training
session
* Medical nutrition
therapy management
* Sharing
successful business models
*
Establishing a DSME/T
program
* Marketing a DSME/T
program in the local community
Click
here for more information and
to
register.
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