Advancing Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiatives with Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Expert: Juan Espinoza , MD, Chief Research Informatics Officer, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago NCQA Panel Committee Member, Diabetes Digital Technologies Roundtable participant (NCQA and ADA), NCQA Health Innovation Summit presenter

Summary: As CGM technology has revolutionized diabetes management, NCQA has recognized a need for more sophisticated measures to assess diabetes care quality. Since integrating the glucose management indicator (GMI) into their HEDIS measure set for 2024, NCQA and other key opinion leaders are looking at integrating further sophisticated metrics from CGM in the future. In this expert interview, Dr. Juan Espinoza shares key insights around the latest considerations on quality improvement in diabetes care relative to CGM-exclusive metrics. Having conducted years of research in the diabetes technology and quality space, Dr. Espinoza discusses evolving quality measures and their potential to advance diabetes management by incorporating a more comprehensive approach. In addition, he provides an overview of the value realized by payers and providers from integration of CGM data directly into the electronic health record.