Table 2.

Stakeholder Recommendations to Improve MDPP Policy

Program Reimbursement  • Provide payment upfront for the start-up of an MDPP.  • Provide payments in a timely manner.  • Increase payment amounts to better align with private insurance providers.  • Adjust performance-based payments based on weight loss, e.g., provide a prorated payment for 4% weight loss. Program Requirements  • Align CMS’s MDPP participant eligibility with the CDC’s NDPP eligibility requirements, e.g., eliminate blood test documenting prediabetes.  • Allow beneficiaries to participate more than once if they need to re-enroll in the future.  • Streamline the process to become a MDPP supplier, e.g., remove requirements to obtain the social security number of each member from the board of directors of the organization.  • Allow virtual program delivery beyond the timeframe of the current public health emergency.