[Health_Education_Promotion] Fwd: NCHEC Applauds SOPHE

[Alissa Leavitt]

FYI

Another great reason to become a MCHES. 




Alissa Leavitt, MPH, CHES
green.alissa at gmail.com
503-358-2331

Sent via iPhone. Please excuse any grammatical errors. 




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> From: NCHEC <nchec at nchec.org>
> Date: April 4, 2013, 6:29:11 AM PDT
> To: green.alissa at gmail.com
> Subject: NCHEC Applauds SOPHE
> Reply-To: nchec at nchec.org
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> SOPHE's Advocacy Efforts Create New Opportunities for CHES/MCHES
> NCHEC would like to recognize the advocacy work of SOPHE to expand the workforce of CHES/MCHES that address the diabetes epidemic. Recently, SOPHE successfully petitioned ADA to include CHES and MCHES in the ADA Guidelines for Diabetes Self-Management and Treatment. These guidelines are used by health insurers to determine third-party reimbursement for services.
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> In 2013, NCBDE approved SOPHE's request to allow MCHES to be eligible to qualify for the exam to become a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE®). Beginning January 1, 2014, professionals with an MCHES credential will be eligible to submit an application to become a CDE®.
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> NCHEC appreciates and applauds SOPHE commitment and dedication to advance the health education profession.
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> To read SOPHE's full press release visit their Website at http://www.sophe.org/MCHES_Diabetes_Educator.cfm
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> Supporting information
> ·        Health Education Specialists are now specifically included in the diabetes self-management and treatment guidelines - whereas before they were not acknowledged and therefore not included.   If your organization is not yet an ADA recognized provider, you may be very interested in viewing this webinar that SOPHE sponsored - available in SOPHE's Center for Online Resources & Education - http://www.sophe.org/education.cfm
> How to Get your Diabetes Self-Management Program Recognized by the ADA_01-255DL
> ·        The National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators (NCBDE) has a lengthy history since the mid-1990s of excluding CHES to sit for the CDE exam. SOPHE did an extensive crosswalk showing how the advanced competencies are aligned with their roles/responsibilities of Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE®). With that, SOPHE petitioned to NCBDE to at least allow MCHES to be eligible to sit for the exam. This is a major success and a foot in the door for future opportunities.  
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> Also, SOPHE released a document Affordable Care Act: Opporutunities and Challenges for Health Education Specialists. Use the link provider to view the document http://www.sophe.org/CDP/ACA_Issue_Brief.cfm.  
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