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title: "Health Care Quality Trends: The DCES and Value-Based Care"
description: Discover how value-based care and digital reporting are transforming diabetes management. Learn about quality measures, patient engagement, and the vital role of diabetes care specialists.
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# Health Care Quality Trends: The DCES and Value-Based Care

**Diabetes Care Conversations**

Health care quality reporting is evolving, and diabetes care and education specialists have an important role to play. In this episode of Diabetes Care Conversations, host Davida Kruger talks with Marie Frazzitta, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CDCES, MBA, about the shift toward value-based care and digital quality reporting and what these changes mean for diabetes care. Learn how emerging quality measures are incorporating GMI and CGM utilization, how real-time diabetes data can support improved outcomes, and where DCESs can add value through patient engagement, technology implementation, clinical workflows, and collaboration with quality teams.

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