20260130 Quality Alliance Lunch and Learn: 65+ Population: Diabetes Management

January 30, 2026

Target Audience

Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, and Pharmacists. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

  • Apply individualized glycemic targets and de-intensification strategies for adults ≥65 based on comorbidity, cognition, and functional status. 
  • Evaluate and adjust diabetes medication regimens by assessing risk–benefit profiles, renal function, and hypoglycemia risk to ensure safer prescribing for older adults. 
  • Describe the unique challenges faced by the 65+ population in managing diabetes, including clinical, social, nutrition, cognitive, and functional factors 
  • Interpret and act on CGM and patient-generated health data (e.g., time-in-range, hypoglycemia exposure) to guide treatment decisions for older adults. 
  • Integrate strategies to address clinical, nutritional, cognitive, and social challenges—including SDOH barriers—into individualized care plans for older adults with diabetes. 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
  • 1.00 Attendance
  • 1.00 Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners
    This offering is approved for 1.00 CEU. Scott and White provider number CS4934 has been awarded Provider Status by the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. This approval meets criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements for relicensure as established by the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
Course opens: 
01/30/2026
Course expires: 
02/27/2026
Event starts: 
01/30/2026 - 12:00pm CST
Event ends: 
01/30/2026 - 1:00pm CST
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Virtual via Teams
Temple, TX
United States

FACULTY DISCLOSURE: Jennifer Heffernan, MD and Prashant Nadkarni, MD have no relevant financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE: The planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing CE: Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Social Work: This program has been screened and determined to be related to the practice of social work to the best of our ability. The Behavioral Health Executive Council will make the final determination as to whether the activity claimed by the licensee is directly related to the practice of social work. 

 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
  • 1.00 Attendance
  • 1.00 Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners
    This offering is approved for 1.00 CEU. Scott and White provider number CS4934 has been awarded Provider Status by the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. This approval meets criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements for relicensure as established by the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
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