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Welcome to the homepage for the ADCES Alabama Network! This group represents and supports members and groups throughout our state. We encourage you to look around, join in discussions and participate. Just use the links below to start networking with your peers!

Coordinating Body for 2026

CB Leader – Elizabeth Hur, PhD

    elizabeth.hur@gmail.com      

CB Co-Leader - 

        

Corresponding Secretaries – 

Financial Leader / Treasurer /CE Committee / Membership Leader - Baleana Watts-McGilberry, RD, RDN, CDCES

        coachbaleana@gmail.com                                                                                                                        

Technology and Education (Website / Facebook/ CE Committee) / National Advocacy Committee – Dennis Pillion, PhD

      dennispillion2@gmail.com

Grassroots Coordinator / CE Committee / Advocacy Committee – Janet Benefield, RDN, CDCES

      jebenefield@gmail.com 

Immediate Past CB Leader - Lisa Smith, DNP, FNP-C, BC-ADM, CDCES

      smith1802lb@gmail.com

ADCES National Board Liaison – Alefiya Faizullabhoy, MBA, MS, CDCES, RD


                   

**Please continue to scroll down for the latest blog posts from the state and for information regarding your local networking group (LNG) including discussions and upcoming events. Be sure to subscribe to your local LNG to stay up to date with events in your area and to network with local ADCES members. For questions or information on how to do this, please reach out to the CB Technology Leader here **

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Latest Discussions

  • DSMES, Diabetes Support, and DPP colleagues, I'm hoping you can please help us invite the current and former participants in your programs to our focus groups for ADPH by sending an email to them that I will provide the content for below so you can ...

  • You are invited to our June virtual meeting on Tue., June 2nd at 5pm Central . We will be discussing our state conference planning and June advocacy efforts. The first half hour will be networking, followed by a business meeting, and non-CE diabetic ...

  • Good Afternoon, The billing department of the hospital I work for has notified me that our telehealth claims for G0108/G0109 for BCBS of AL are being denied. Has anyone else working for a hospital in the state experienced that? Our telehealth location ...

  • Registration is now open for the 2026 virtual Public Policy Forum and Hill Day ! Public Policy Forum training: Wednesday, June 24, 12:00pm – 4:30pm Eastern Time Virtual Hill Day: Thursday, June 25, 8:00am local time – 5:30pm ...

  • You are invited to join the AL CB bi-monthly meeting on April 7th, starting at 5pm Central. The CE talk will follow immediately at 6pm Central. Please pre-register in order to receive free 1.0 CEU. Register: Alabama CB - April Meeting and CE Program ...

  • The ADCES Public Policy Forum is returning virtually in 2026! Please save the date for this event, which will feature a half-day training the afternoon of June 24 followed by a full day of Congressional meetings on June 25. Because PPF is virtual, anyone ...

  • Hello, my Alabama colleagues in DSME and DPP, You may know me from my former role in national leadership with ADCES, but my day job is faculty in outcomes research at Auburn. My team and I are working on a project with ADPH to conduct external evaluation ...

  • MASH: A Progressive Liver Disease Demanding Urgent Action Event Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026 Event Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET MASH is a progressive liver disease within the MASLD ...

  • Thank you, Janet, for helping bring attention to the updated Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Act action alert. Expanding access to MNT is critical for improving outcomes in diabetes and other chronic conditions. Please take a moment to contact your ...

  • The Medical Nutrition Therapy Act was recently reintroduced in the Senate. Our action alert for the bill has been updated to add Senate targets. Please take action now to ask your Representative and Senators to cosponsor the ...

  • Since the decline in insulin use associated with the renaissance of GLP-1 RAs, teaching pens have gone the way of insulin samples. But some companies sell teaching pens used in a nursing school skills lab. Pocket Nurse is one company that sells teaching ...

  • We have been unsuccessful as well. ------------------------------ Cindy Huggins RDN,CDCES,MS,LD DSMES Program Manager DCH Healthcare Authority 600 Paul W. Bryant Drive East AL (205)750-5002 ------------------------------

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