Mary Ann Hodorowicz introduces herself and explains why she is so glad to be sharing her knowledge with us. More videos with Mary Ann: Mary Ann Hodorowicz, Q1 The Basics of Shared Medical Appointments Mary Ann Hodorowicz, Q2 How Can SMA’s Help Medical Professionals Maximize Both Their Time and Care? …

Mary Ann Hodorowicz goes over the basic concepts of Shared Medical Appointments (SMA’s) and explains how they effectively and efficiently combine medical evaluation, management, and education in one period of time. She also talks about what is covered in each segment of these appointments. More videos with Mary Ann: Mary Ann …

Mary Ann Hodorowicz gets into the details of how shared medical appointments work, covering reimbursement as well as other specifics. She lets us know that financially, “it is so worth it” and gives us several examples of why.   More videos with Mary Ann: Mary Ann Hodorowicz, MBA, RD, CEC, CDE, …

Mary Ann Hodorowicz talks about how to address patients’ discomfort and shyness in talking about diabetes in a group environment. She points out that studies have shown that human beings want to bond together and in group practice, that instinct comes out. These group meetings result in high patient satisfaction as …

Mary Ann Hodorowicz, RD, LDN, MBA, CDE, CEC, talks about how SMA’s are the wave of the future because of shrinking healthcare dollars, and why physicians/educators need to work smarter, maintaining quality while still seeing growing numbers of patients. She also talks about why many providers are not yet using the SMA …

Diabetes In Control Publisher Steve Freed introduces Dr. Howard K. Koh, the United States Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. More videos with Dr. Koh: Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Q1 What Is the Government Doing to Address Prediabetes? Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Q2 Can Medical Professionals Be …

Dr. Koh talks about how he sees real opportunity through healthcare reform to address prediabetes screening and prevention issues. He says there is an opportunity to use government as well as other resources to focus on the problem. And he points out that the NIH funded key diabetes prevention studies and is working hard …

Dr. Koh talks about a few ways for medical professionals can get reimbursed for prediabetes programs but explains that there is a lot yet left to do. He discussed how the government is working with the YMCA/YWCA and also that a few insurance companies have come on board as well in terms of …

Howard K. Koh M.D., M.P.H., updates us on the status of prediabetes screening, explaining that prediabetes has its own set of scientific and policy challenges. He also lets us know that screening is possible for people with hypertension and new women’s preventive services including screening for GDM are now available….  

Dr. Koh explains how diabetes educators who are interested can get involved in the YMCA/YWCA programs which are on the forefront of diabetes and prediabetes prevention.   More videos with Dr. Koh: Dr. Howard K. Koh, US Assistant Secretary for Health, Introduction Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Q1 What Is the …