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Diabetes Prevention Alliance Insurers and Employers

Insurers and Employers have a unique opportunity to proactively manage health care costs and improve member outcomes by partnering with the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) Diabetes Prevention Alliance (DPA).

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The DPA is a multi-sectoral network aimed at facilitating a sustainable strategy to address health equity and scale diabetes prevention. With diabetes affecting millions of Americans and driving up health care expenses due to its associated complications, prevention is more important than ever—especially in high-risk populations. By joining forces with the DPA and ADA, you can help prevent type 2 diabetes before it starts—improving member health and reducing long-term costs.

Impact

Business Growth

Reduce diabetes-related expenses by preventing hospitalizations and the need for specialized care for managing diabetes and its complications.

Strengthened Partnerships

Through the DPA, payer partners can collaborate with the DPA’s network of health care providers and delivery organizations to promote and provide preventative care solutions for high-risk populations.

Good Will Branding

Enhance your organization’s brand reputation and demonstrate your commitment to prioritizing care over costs by aligning with diabetes prevention efforts.

Collective Impact Model

Connect with a broad network of like-minded partners, including delivery organizations and health care systems, to leverage your expertise to tackle diabetes prevention challenges and find solutions.

Industry Leadership

Establish your organization as a leader in diabetes prevention by partnering with the DPA and the ADA.

Access for Members

The DPA provides access to a large quality network of CDC-recognized National DPP lifestyle change programs to reach your members wherever they are in the 6 states.

Business Growth

Reduce diabetes-related expenses by preventing hospitalizations and the need for specialized care for managing diabetes and its complications.

Cost of Diabetes

People with diagnosed diabetes now account for one of every four health care dollars spent in the U.S. Read more about diabetes statistics.

$306.6B

Direct medical cost of diabetes in 2022 

$106.3B

Indirect costs of diabetes in 2022

$19,736

Estimated annual diabetes-related medical expenditures 

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Quantifiable Impact

Over $8,000 financial savings per participant over a three-year period by reducing the incidence of diabetes and its associated medical costs by offering the National Diabtes Prevention Program (National DPP).

A study by University of Michigan showed enrollment in the National DPP was associated with approximately $4,800 cost savings per person over two years.

Please visit the Diabetes Prevention Impact Toolkit here: https://nccd.cdc.gov/Toolkit/DiabetesImpact

  • Learn your net costs​ per participant
  • See how the National DPP could affect your cumulative medical costs
  • Project the Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios (ICER)
  • Improvements in quality life for members 
  • Years of life gained per employee

With the cost of diabetes projected to rise from $463 million in 2019 to $700 million by 2045, organizations can reduce the onset of type 2 diabetes through the National DPP. Learn more about lowering costs with the CDC's cost calculator tool.

  • Improved productivity, decreased employee absenteeism, and enhanced employee engagement​
  • Reduces their risk of type 2 diabetes in half​​
  • Reduce the increasingly larger risk (60%) of early death

Source: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and Leavitt Partners. National Diabetes Prevention Program Coverage Toolkit, coveragetoolkit.org. June 2017. Prepared under Cooperative Agreement Number 5NU38OT000225-04, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Comprehensive Support

Provides access to high quality CDC-recognized lifestyle change programs, health care systems, and resources to make coverage and outreach of members simple.

Collective Impact

Advance solutions to the complex problems and achieve population-level changes by leveraging a unique network of expertise.

DPP Express

The ADA’s DPP Express technology ensures smooth billing and reimbursement, and provides a wealth of data on outcomes and engagement.