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. 2020 Aug 20;17:E90. doi: 10.5888/pcd17.200050

Table 2. Payer Coverage of the National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle-Change Program as of 2018a .

Type of Insurer      Name of Insurer
Commercial insurers

Many commercial health plans provide some coverage for the National DPP lifestyle change program. AmeriHealth
Anthem
Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida
Blue Shield California
Blue Cross Blue Shield Louisiana
Cigna
Denver Health Managed Care: Medicaid, Medicare, Public Employees
Emblem Health: New York
Government Employees Health Association
Highmark
Humana
Kaiser: Colorado
Kaiser: Georgia
Louisiana Care: Medicaid
MVP Health Care Medicare Advantage
Priority Health: Michigan
United Health Care (national, state, local, private, and public employees)

US government

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule that allows for coverage of the National DPP lifestyle change program on a pay-for-performance basis. Medicare (April 2018)
Medicaid

State coverage

The National DPP is a covered benefit for more than 3.4 million public employees/dependents in 19 states. Demonstration projects ongoing in North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Utah. California
Colorado
Connecticut (Department of Transportation )
Delaware
Georgia (Kaiser Permanente)
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland (partial payment)
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon (educators)
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Washington
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From Albright (4).