Moderator: Carrie A. Diulus, MD
Greater than one-third of the US population is obese and one-third (or 86 million adults) are diabetic or prediabetic, many of whom don’t even know it. Unfortunately, these numbers are growing and affect a disproportionate percentage of spine patients. Diabetic and obese patients present unique challenges for spine providers including challenges with differential diagnosis, medical, operative and perioperative management. Under value-based care, treatment outcomes will be closely linked with reimbursement. In this symposium, we tackle the most common challenges faced by spine providers and provide insight into improving not only patient outcomes, but also decreasing provider frustration.
Upon completion of this session, participants should gain strategies to:
- Appreciate unique diagnostic challenges in diabetic and obese patients;
- Learn medical, lifestyle and supplemental strategies for improving outcomes in diabetic patients;
- Know reimbursement implications of diabetes and obesity;
- Acquire strategies to decrease surgical complications in obese and diabetic patients.
Agenda
- The Role of Diabetes and Obesity in Spine Care
Carrie A. Diulus, MD
- Diabetes and Obesity: Reversing Modifiable Risk Factors of Poor Surgical Outcomes
Sarah Hallberg, DO
- Exercise in Modifying Risk Factors Associated with Diabetes and Obesity
Alison Stout, DO
- Preoperative and Perioperative Management and Impact on Surgical Outcomes
Carrie A. Diulus, MD
- Value-based Care Reimbursement in Diabetic and Obese Patients
E. Kano Mayer, MD
- Discussion, Questions and Answers