Accreditation and Recognition

Comparing the Processes

Mensing, Carolé RN, MA, CDE

From the Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Correspondence to Carolé Mensing, RN, MA, CDE, Joslin Diabetes Center, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215 ([email protected]).

Acknowledgments: The individuals listed are acknowledged for the provision of information, review, and preparation of content, which the author used and interpreted to develop this article. Tammy L. Brown, MPH, RD, BC-ADM, CDE, Director, Integrated Diabetes Education Recognition Program, Indian Health Service Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention, Albuquerque, N.M. Paulina Duker, MPH, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Director, Education and Recognition Programs, American Diabetes Association, Alexandria, Va. Karen Fitzner, PhD, Chief Science and Practice Officer, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Chicago, Ill. Leslie E. Kolb, RN, BSN, MBA, Director, Diabetes Education Accreditation Program, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Chicago, Ill. JoAnne Lafley, MSN, RN, CDE, Reviewer, Integrated Diabetes Education Recognition Program, Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, N.M. Melinda Maryniuk, RD, MEd, LDN, CDE, Director, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Mass. Lois Moss-Barnwell, MS, RD, LDN, CDE, Director, Diabetes Education Accreditation Program, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Chicago, Ill. Robin G. Thompson, MS, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE, Review Coordinator, Integrated Diabetes Education Recognition Program, Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, N.M. This article is being co-published by the American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Spectrum and the American Association of Diabetes Educators' The Diabetes Educator.

The Diabetes Educator 36(2):p 219-243, March-April 2010. | DOI: 10.1177/0145721710361390

Diabetes education programs are developed to serve the diabetes community by offering quality education that meets a set of standards and is then eligible for thirdparty insurance reimbursement. Three organizations are authorized by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine whether diabetes education programs meet required standards. Each of the three relies on the 2007 edition of the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education. This article summarizes similarities among and unique qualities of each of the organization's approaches to assuring quality.