Addressing Diabetes Care Challenges
Approximately 34 million American adults have been diagnosed with diabetes. On average, managing diabetes costs more than $9,600 a year per patient, and costs for a plan member with diabetes are 2.3 times higher for payors than for someone without diabetes. Traditional diabetes management programs, which have changed little in the past decade, have resulted in only 23 percent of U.S. patients with diabetes achieving comprehensive diabetes and cardiovascular risk factor goals. Members who do not
