TuDiabetes Live interview with Cynthia Rice update on #MedicareCoverCGM

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Cynthia Rice is Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy for JDRF. She is responsible for JDRF’s advocacy to Congress, the executive branch, regulatory agencies, and health plans to accelerate therapies to cure, treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes.

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research. Driven by passionate, grassroots volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with the disease, JDRF’s goal is to progressively remove the impact of T1D from people’s lives until we achieve a world without T1D.

Ms. Rice joined JDRF, then known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, in 2005 and led a cross-departmental staff team that developed the Artificial Pancreas Project. She was promoted to Vice President, Government Relations in 2009 and to her current role in 2013.
The Issue and What’s Being Done

Thousands of people are benefiting daily from tighter glucose control reached with the help of a continuous glucose monitor. The use of CGM technologies is recommended by national diabetes clinical guidelines and covered by nearly all private health plans. To date, Medicare does not cover CGM devices, regardless of the wide coverage by private health plans and the evidence of clinical benefit, leaving seniors with diabetes vulnerable. It’s time for Medicare to cover CGMs.

JDRF has been working closely with other interested stakeholders for more than a year to encourage Medicare to cover CGM devices, and has made Medicare coverage of CGM devices one of their top Advocacy priorities. While JDRF continues to work with Medicare in hopes of resolving this issue quickly, they ask that you join them in building support within Congress for Medicare coverage of CGMs. To learn more, read their coalition fact sheet.

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Glen Tullman, CEO of Livongo

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Glen Tullman is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Livongo HealthTM. He is also a successful entrepreneur and co-founder and Managing Partner of 7wire Ventures, a Chicago-based investment firm focused on healthcare and education. Tullman most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX), the leading global provider of Electronic Health Records, Practice Management and Electronic Prescribing systems. He led Allscripts’ IPO and secondary offerings.

Livongo Mission

“We want people with diabetes to spend more time living their lives. That’s why we offer a bold, new program that requires less time managing the busywork. Livongo for Diabetes empowers people with the right information and tools to live better. That’s good for all of us: the person, their family and friends, their employer, their physicians and those who pay for the care.”

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Gary Scheiner, CDE "Things we’re thankful for"

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Gary is a certified diabetes educator, insulin-pump and continuous glucose monitor user and trainer, and Masters-level exercise physiologist. He serves on the advisory boards of several diabetes device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies; volunteers for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association, American Diabetes Association, and Setebaid diabetes camps; and serves on the faculty of Children With Diabetes. Gary teaches and art and science of blood-glucose balancing to people with diabetes throughout the world from his private practice, Integrated Diabetes Services as well as through his online school of higher learning for insulin users, Type 1 University.

Join us on the homepage of TuDiabetes for a live presentation and question-and-answer session with Gary Scheiner, founder of Integrated Diabetes Services and author of Think Like a Pancreas, The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting, and now Until there is a Cure: the Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Self-Care.

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TuDiabetes Master Chat: Stephanie Glassman presents Diabetes and the VA

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The Master Chat Series is an annual collaboration between TuDiabetes and Teacher’s College Columbia University’s Master of Science in Diabetes Education and Management program. This 36-credit inter-professional master’s program is offered to clinicians who are currently in or interested in the diabetes field. As part of a course requirement, students present ‘Master Chats’ on a variety of topics they have chosen based on discussions taking place in the TuDiabetes community. Master Chats include a 10-15 presentation followed by a Q and A, and it’s an opportunity not only for TuDiabetes members to learn from students in this program, but also to give feedback to them in an effort to help them be the best care-givers they can be!

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TuDiabetes Live Interview: Lisa Shapiro presents Broken Sleep Patterns

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Lisa Shapiro, RD, will be discussing the effects of fragmented sleep patterns on insulin and serum glucose levels, the most common conditions that lead to fragmented sleep patterns in people living with diabetes, and helpful tips to help encourage a restful night’s sleep.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview: Emily Jones presents Metabolism

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Emily Jones is a Registered Dietitian studying for her Masters in Diabetes Education and Management. She has Type 1 diabetes and currently works as a dietitian diabetes educator to help people learn how to eat healthfully and live well with their diabetes.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview: Heather Kanastab presents Sick Day Plan

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Heather studied Nutrition and Dietetics at Syracuse University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Diabetes Education and Management at Teachers College, Columbia University. She currently works as a dietitian and diabetes educator at ProHEALTH Medical Management, where she provides services in both private and group settings.

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Jennifer Smith RD, LD, CDE "Diabetes and Pregnancy"

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Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Biology from the University of Wisconsin. She is a Registered (and Licensed) Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Certified Trainer on most makes/models of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems. She is an active member of the American Diabetes Association, American Association of Diabetes Educators and was an active member and educator for Team WILD (We Inspire Life with Diabetes). She is also a contributing author for the Diabetes Sisters website. Jennifer currently works as Director of Lifestyle and Nutrition for Gary Scheiner at Integrated Diabetes Services.

Jennifer has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was 13. She has first-hand knowledge of the numerous day-to-day events that affect diabetes management. In 2008 she attended a diabetes-specific sports training camp where she discovered her passion for achieving her personal fitness goals while living healthfully with diabetes. In 2009 she successfully completed her first 70.3, Half Ironman triathlon. This brought a deeper understanding of athletic training requirements when living with diabetes as well as the importance of nutrition to realize athletic goals. Jennifer has completed numerous half marathons, long distance cycling events (many for the ADA’s Tour de Cure) and completed her first full marathon in January 2014.

Jennifer and her husband Nathan share their home with their son Oskar (12/20/12), their new puppy Franklin and cat Cornelius. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys running, cycling, swimming, yoga, and kayaking. A culinary “experimenter”, she is fond of cooking and baking, with an eye on vegetarian and allergen free food options. As a talented dietitian, diabetes educator, athlete, new Mom and person with diabetes, she is in a unique position to assist clients with intensive diabetes management.

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#BigBlueTest and #T2DanceCrew Video Of The Week

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Join the T2 Dance Crew™ and So You Think You Can Dance alum Janette Manrara to exercise and learn exclusive Cha-cha-cha dance moves!

This is a collaboration between Big Blue Test and T2 Dance Crew™, a national educational and wellness program launched by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with famed dancer, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen and the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This program aims to help millions of people with type 2 diabetes tap into the natural joy of dance and add movement to their comprehensive diabetes management approach.

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Sherita Golden, MD "Mental Health and Diabetes"

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Dr. Sherita Hill Golden is the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She also holds joint appointments in the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research and in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Golden’s current research focuses on studying the neuroendocrine response to chronic psychological stress as a risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. She has authored and co-authored over 100 original articles and book chapters in the areas of diabetes and cardiovascular disease epidemiology. She is a former Robert Wood Johnson Minority Medical Faculty Career Development Award recipient and her current research is funded through the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She is the director of the Johns Hopkins Inpatient Diabetes Management Service and serves as Chairperson of the Glucose Steering Committee for Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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TuDiabetes Live interview: Joshua Levy "Map to a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes"

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Joshua Levy is a Bay Area native who works as a software engineer. His daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 18 months, and is now 13 years old. Joshua has been blogging for many years about potential cures for T1D, at Current Research into a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Check it out!

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T2 Dance Crew™ Video Of The Week: Fik-Shun’s Freestyle Routine for the #BigBlueTest

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Join the T2 Dance Crew™ and So You Think You Can Dance alum Fik-Shun to exercise and learn fun choreographed freestyle dance moves!

This is a collaboration between the Big Blue Test and the T2 Dance Crew™, a national education and wellness program launched by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with famed dancer, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen and the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This program aims to help millions of people with type 2 diabetes tap into the natural joy of dance and add movement to their comprehensive diabetes management approach.

For more dance videos and further information about the T2 Dance Crew™, visit www.T2DanceCrew.com.

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