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AMA, senators urging CMS to expand availability of diabetes program

AMA welcomes support from senators who see the promise of the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) model.

Press Releases
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Why your patients with prediabetes might benefit from interval training

Two weeks of interval training provides the same benefits for patients with prediabetes as continuous exercises like jogging, a study suggests. Find out more.

Prevention & Wellness
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Role reversal: Physician participates in diabetes prevention program

For an internist in Ann Arbor, Michigan, participating in a diabetes prevention program has helped him further the conversation about prediabetes. Learn more.

Prevention & Wellness
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7 steps patients should follow to reduce, manage chronic disease

Conditions such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes are not inevitable. Learn about “life’s simple seven” steps patients should take to prevent chronic disease.

Prevention & Wellness
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How your care team can master the prediabetes conversation

Awareness and timely action can prevent progression to type 2 diabetes. Know the answers to these questions to have effective patient talks about prediabetes and prevention.

Prevention & Wellness
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This point-of-care model can boost diabetes prevention referrals

Prompting Medicare patients to seek diabetes prevention help is aided by the right clinical tool and physician encouragement. 

Prevention & Wellness
Trinity Health’s Kevin Taylor, MD
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How a massive health system prioritizes chronic disease prevention

Michigan-based Trinity Health sees a huge opportunity to control BP and prevent type 2 diabetes with expert resources and guidance from the AMA.

Prevention & Wellness
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Use the EHR to help your Medicare patients with prediabetes

Download the Optimize your EHR to prevent type 2 diabetes PDF—patient registries created with EHRs make it possible to efficiently identify patients with prediabetes and refer them for needed preventive care. 

Prevention & Wellness
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6 lifestyle changes patients with obesity, prediabetes should make

Lifestyle changes can help patients with obesity and prediabetes. Here are some changes patients can make to reverse prediabetes.

Prevention & Wellness