The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program is for people at risk for type 2 diabetes. This free program helps people who qualify follow a healthy lifestyle and lower their chance of getting the disease.

Several weeks ago, Medicare launched an initiative to prevent seniors and people with serious disabilities from developing Type 2 diabetes, one of the most common and costly medical conditions in the ...

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators will move ahead with a national test of Medicare coverage for a YMCA diabetes prevention program over the objections of the pharmaceutical industry, which sells drugs ...

FOND DU LAC - Agnesian HealthCare was recently awarded the American Diabetes Association education recognition certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program. The association’s ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are taking diabetes education to church. Through the Building a Healthy Temple (BHT) program, they're working with Hispanics who have type ...

Study results from three clinical trial sites show that a WW International, Inc. ("WeightWatchers" or "WW") program tailored for people living with diabetes helped participants lose weight, lower ...

Despite the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program now being a covered benefit, there is inadequate availability of suppliers to reach Medicare beneficiaries with prediabetes. Objectives: The Medicare ...