Webinar Reminder: Learn About Diabetes Prevention Programs
05/22/2018 12:00 PM EDT
Register Now | June 13, 2018 | 12:00 PM ET
Join Healthy People 2020 and the Diabetes Advocacy Alliance on Wednesday, June 13 at 12:00 p.m. ET for a Spotlight on Health webinar about diabetes prevention programs (DPPs) and new payment options. We’ll discuss:
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) and the Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program
- The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP), which launched on April 1, 2018
- Private-sector coverage for diabetes prevention
- Best practices from the YMCA of the USA on offering diabetes prevention programs to individuals with prediabetes
- Efforts to increase patient referrals to DPP by educating health care providers
This webinar will highlight the following objectives from the Diabetes topic area:
- Reduce the annual number of new cases of diagnosed diabetes in the population (D-1)
- Increase prevention behaviors in persons at high risk for diabetes with prediabetes (D-16)