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Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program: Become a Medicare Enrolled Supplier
 Medicare pays Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) suppliers to furnish group-based intervention to at-risk Medicare beneficiaries:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-approved National Diabetes Prevention Program curriculum
- Up to 2 years of sessions delivered to groups of eligible beneficiaries
Review the MDPP Expanded Model Booklet to find out how to become a Medicare enrolled MDPP supplier, how to get a separate National Provider Identifier (NPI) for MDPP, as well as additional details about the program.
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study findings: Vitamin D Pills Could Slow Progress of Type 2 Diabetes, Prediabetes, Scientists Say
 In a recent study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology, researchers found that consuming vitamin D could help the body metabolize glucose. The work builds on studies which show there is a worldwide problem with vitamin D deficiency and link the deficiency to an inability to process sugar.
Study co-author Dr. Claudia Gagnon, an assistant professor and endocrinology researcher at Universite Laval in Quebec, said, "This study is significant because it shows that Vitamin D supplementation may potentially slow metabolic deterioration in individuals at high risk of diabetes or with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes." She also said that it is not clear if patients who've had type 2 diabetes for a long period would benefit from vitamin D supplementation.
Gagnon also warned that the study is not a green light for those with type 2 diabetes to take high amounts of vitamin D. She explains that the results of the study need to be confirmed in other studies.
Read the full study here
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patient risk assessment tool:
new prediabetes risk test now available online
 More than 1 in 3 adults in the United States have prediabetes and 90% don't even know they have it. Could your patient be one of them?
There is an easy way for patients to find out if they or a loved one may have prediabetes. Encourage them to take the online Prediabetes Risk Test powered by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The risk test covers age, family history, blood pressure, ethnicity, wellness, gender, and Body Mass Index (BMI).
If someone completes the test and receives a high risk result, they can print or email the risk test results to share with their health care provider who can confirm a prediabetes diagnosis.
Encourage all your patients who may be at risk for prediabetes to
take the test today
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healthy changes:
CDC-Recognized Lifestyle Change Programs help people build healthy habits
Reversing a prediabetes diagnosis is possible, but it takes the implementation of long term lifestyle changes to make it happen. A recommendation from a clinician to a patient to participate in a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program can be the stepping stone to help people stave off diabetes.
In order to be eligible for a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program, patients must meet ALL of the following criteria:
- Be 18 years or older
- Be overweight (body mass index above 24, or 22 if of Asian descent)
- Have NOT been diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
In addition, patients must meet
ONE of the following criteria (unless they are enrolling in a program covered by Medicare):
- Had a recent blood test in the prediabetes range, which includes one of the following tests and results:
- Hemoglobin A1C: 5.7-6.4%, or;
- Fasting plasma glucose: 100-125 mg/dL, or;
- Two-hour plasma glucose (after a 75 gm glucose load): 140-199 mg/dL.
- Received a result of high risk for type 2 diabetes on the Prediabetes Risk Test.
- A doctor previously diagnosed you with gestational diabetes.
If patients are enrolling in a program
covered by Medicare, you
MUST have had a recent blood test in the prediabetes range, which includes one of the following tests and results:
- Hemoglobin A1C: 5.7-6.4%, or;
- Fasting plasma glucose: 100-125 mg/dL, or;
- Two-hour plasma glucose (after a 75 gm glucose load): 140-199 mg/dL.
For more information about the components of a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program, time commitment, costs, what patients will learn, and program locations (both in-person and online), visit the Lifestyle Change Program Details page on the CDC website.
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walk for a cause:
Participate in the 2019 step Out walk: philadelphia
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
Register Here
Participating in the Step Out Walk is an unforgettable experience. You will be joining your community members along the beautiful route who share your passion to fight diabetes. You will be helping people in your own community who live with this disease every day. Also included are fundraising opportunities to share personal stories, mobile apps, email templates, and more.
A Step Out Day experience includes:
- Starting line ceremonies with inspiring speakers
- Well-marked walk route
- Fully stocked rest stops
- Refreshments and post-walk celebrations
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This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number NU58DP2018006563 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Publication number: DEDPH-HD-080219
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