Episode 69: Expanding Access to Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Medicare Patients Receiving Specialty Diabetes Care: A Quality Improvement Project

Join Dr. Cecilia Lansang, Associate Editor of Endocrine Practice, Professor of Medicine, and Director of Endocrinology at Cleveland Clinic, as she speaks with Dr. Kristen Flint, Interim Director of Quality and Safety for Endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Attending Endocrinologist at MGH, and Instructor at Harvard Medical School, about her team’s quality improvement project, “Expanding Access to Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Medicare Patients Receiving Specialty Diabetes Care.”

This episode covers:

• Strategies for implementing quality improvement interventions in a large academic diabetes specialty clinic
• Key interventions that increased CGM utilization, including targeted provider education, workflow optimization, and patient outreach
• Lessons for advancing equitable implementation and sustaining quality improvement over time

Tune in for practical insights on bridging policy changes and clinical practice to improve CGM access for Medicare patients. Read the full article in the August 2025 issue of Endocrine Practice here.