Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

The Issue

About 84 million Americans age 18 years or older have prediabetes, and 30.3 million individuals have diabetes.  Among those with diabetes, approximately 95 percent have type 2 diabetes — a condition that can be prevented or delayed with lifestyle changes. People with diabetes and prediabetes are at higher risk for developing other serious health problems, including heart disease and stroke.

Total direct and indirect costs for diabetes in the United States in 2017 were estimated at $327 billion.

 

Plan an Evidence-Based Intervention

Following is the intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes identified by the CDC as having a proven evidence base for improving health outcomes and controlling health care costs:

  • Expand access to the National Diabetes Prevention Program (the National DPP), which supports a year-long lifestyle change program to prevent or delay onset of type 2 diabetes in people with prediabetes or at high risk for type 2 diabetes.

Evidence Summary: Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Download the CDC’s evidence summary that outlines key cost and health information for payers and providers, as well as demonstrated outcomes for each of the above interventions.
 

Explore Implementation Resources

The following resources can help payers, state officials, and providers implement high-opportunity type 2 diabetes prevention interventions. Does your state/program have resources to share? Send an email to 618@chcs.org.

See also CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program web page.

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6|18 State Spotlight | August 2023
Advancing efforts to transform type 2 diabetes care in Illinois by attaining coverage for the National Diabetes Prevention Program’s Lifestyle Change Program.
Brief/Report | June 2023
Shares lessons from three states participating in the CDC’s 6|18 Initiative that pursued cross-agency strategies to expand the National Diabetes Prevention Program to prevent and/or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
6|18 State Spotlight | December 2019
Aligning implementation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program across payers and health systems.
Technical Assistance Tool | June 2018
Provides examples of state efforts to track select measures associated with diabetes. It also shares best practices for developing public-facing dashboards.
Journal Article | April 2018
Outlines a method for adjusting surveys and other data to produce state-level estimates of diabetes and prediabetes prevalence.
Guide/Toolkit | February 2018
Provides guidance for working with Medicaid colleagues to make the case to cover the National Diabetes Prevention Program, including a “Creating a Budget Projection” template.
Guide/Toolkit
Offers states, health care payers, providers, and other stakeholders detailed guidance to assist in implementation and coverage of the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
Website/Resource Center
Helps those with prediabetes know where they stand to prevent type 2 diabetes. The American Medical Association and the CDC partnered with the Ad Council to launch this first national campaign about prediabetes.

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