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In 2021, diabetes deaths surpassed 100,000 for the second year in a row.[1] Fortunately, type 2 diabetes (T2D)—and its serious health complications—can be prevented or delayed with moderate lifestyle changes.
The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) is a lifestyle-change program designed to reduce the risk for T2D among people with prediabetes. MDPP is modeled after the evidence-based National Diabetes Prevention Program, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and proven to reduce T2D risk by 71% in people aged 60 and older.[2]
What do patients get with MDPP?
MDPP includes up to 22 group sessions over a 12-month period, available at no cost for people with Medicare. The sessions include group-based, practical training on implementing long-term dietary changes, increasing physical activity, and using behavior-change strategies for weight control.
- Find out if your patients are eligible for MDPP. Requirements include Medicare enrollment, elevated plasma glucose or hemoglobin A1c, and a Body Mass Index exceeding 25. Read on to learn about the other eligibility criteria.
- Talk to your patients. While physician or other health care professional referral is not required for patients to enroll, hearing from you, a trusted source of health information, can motivate them to participate. To learn more and to help you talk to your patients about MDPP, check out this helpful video and flyer with resources and information on the elements of MDPP, the benefits for its participants, and how to get involved.
- Find a local MDPP for your patients. This referral map shows MDPP locations by ZIP Code to help you refer patients to a MDPP close to them.
For more information, contact your Medicare Claims Administrator at CGS Administrators.
[1] Terhune, C., & Respaut, R. (2022, January 31). Exclusive: U.S. Diabetes Deaths Top 100,000 for Second Year in A Row.
[2] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Prediabetes – Your Chance to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes.