ADA Application with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have just published a regulation for the "Application by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for Continued Recognition as a National Accreditation Program for Accrediting Entities To Furnish Outpatient Diabetes Self-Management Training".The details for both the application by the ADA and submission of comments can be found in the published PDF file from CMS. The background section that starts on the bottom of the first page provides interesting details on the process including:
A national accreditation organization applying for deeming authority must provide us with reasonable assurance that the accrediting organization requires accredited entities to meet requirements that are at least as stringent as CMS’s requirements. We may approve and recognize a nonprofit or not-for-profit organization with demonstrated experience in representing the interests of individuals with diabetes to accredit entities to furnish training.Now I know there's been some recent discussion on D-blogs about the ADA and whether they are being influenced by large drug companies.
If you're not comfortable with how the ADA is conducting their business, this may be a useful way to raise your concerns. If you have any comments about this application, you can submit them to the CMS provided you do this by 5 PM on June 25, 2007.
Labels: ADA, CMS, diabetes, regulations
posted by Bernard @ 6:44 PM
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Then does this pending approval for the ADA mean that a person can walk in to any local ADA Center and request CDE (Diabetes Education) providing they have Medicare or Medicaid?
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