June 2001 • Volume 7 • Number 6
New diabetes awareness campaign targets Medicare beneficiaries
The National Diabetes Education Program has teamed up with HCFA to remind Medicare enrollees with diabetes about the need for close management of their disease. HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson announced the launch of the awareness campaign on May 4.
The NDEP, a federal initiative, will work with HCFA to reach patients age 65 or older with the disease, as well as younger diabetic patients with concurrent disabilities. The program offers information about the importance of routine self-monitoring of blood glucose levels and the expanded Medicare benefits available for equipment and supplies to perform such testing. Of an estimated 16 million Americans with diabetes, 4.5 million receive Medicare benefits.
Go to http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20010503.html to read a press release about the campaign. A fact sheet outlining HHS initiatives to combat diabetes can be found at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/01fsdiabetes.html.
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