Key points
- Patients may be more likely to consider the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program if their health care professional recommends it.
- Find resources and materials to help screen patients for prediabetes and refer them to the lifestyle change program.
Materials
Factsheet about the PreventT2 (type 2 diabetes) lifestyle change program.
Mailing insert about the PreventT2 lifestyle change program.
Prevent T2 Recommendation Form
Recommendation form for an adult patient to participate in the PreventT2 program.
How to Talk to Your Patients About the Medicare DPP
Use these talking points to help you answer your patients' questions about the Medicare DPP.
The AMA Diabetes Prevention Toolkit provides tools and resources for the health care team, such as billing codes, information on how to optimize your electronic health record for diabetes prevention, and fact sheets about prediabetes and the National DPP.
Learn how pharmacists can participate and access the "Rx for the National Diabetes Prevention Program: Action Guide for Community Pharmacists". This guide is designed to help community pharmacists and members of the pharmacy workforce reach people at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes who could benefit from the National DPP lifestyle change program.