Using This Site

How to Get the Most Out of This Toolkit

This online toolkit provides specific resources and information on important topics for payers interested in covering the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program. It also links to CDC and other existing resources surrounding the National DPP lifestyle change program, making the toolkit a “one-stop-shop” for finding information about the program. Sections of the toolkit are tailored to different groups, including: state Medicaid agencies, Medicaid managed care organizations, commercial health insurance plans and employers interested in covering the program, as well as Medicare Advantage plans. Each of these pages starts with an “Explore” page that allows you to see all of the topics included in that section. Starting at or returning to the appropriate agency Explore page is a convenient way to navigate this website.

The Coverage Toolkit General Overview video below is a virtual overview of the National DPP Coverage Toolkit and includes a description of how the website is organized, suggests ways to navigate through the pages, and highlights various tools and sections in order for visitors to get the most use from this online resource.

Most of the documents linked within this site can be provided in high contrast and with large print. To request an alternate format please contact NACDD’s Communications and Member Services Department at publications@chronicdisease.org (please allow up to two weeks).

Instructional Webinars

2019 Webinars

NACDD is hosting webinars in 2019 for payers interested in covering the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle change program. Dates and topics for webinars in 2019:

1/17/19: From Demonstration to Coverage: Highlights from the Medicaid Coverage for the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) Demonstration Project (2016 – 2019)

6/27/19: The Case for Covering the National DPP Lifestyle Change Program and slides.

Instructional Toolkit Webinars

NACDD hosted a series of instructional webinars around the toolkit and its varied elements. Each is approximately 1 and 1/2 hours in length and covers topics that are addressed in the website. These webinars can be accessed below:

06/22/2017: Introducing the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) Coverage Toolkit

02/22/2018: Medicaid Coverage for the National Diabetes Prevention Program: Assessing Policy Options and Making the Case for Coverage

06/13/2018: Fighting the Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic: How Employers & Health Plans Can Participate in CDC’s National DPP

Medicaid 101 Webinars

NACDD hosted a series of instructional webinars on the fundamentals of Medicaid as well as how public health can better work with Medicaid to achieve public health goals. These webinars can be accessed below:

11/19/2015: Navigating the Medicaid Landscape: A Medicaid Primer

09/22/2016: Navigating the Medicaid Landscape Part II: Finding Opportunities for Public Health by Understanding Medicaid’s Priorities and Challenges

12/08/2016: Navigating the Medicaid Landscape Part III: Tactics for Increasing Collaboration between Medicaid and Public Health – Minnesota’s Success Story

5/27/2021: General Member Webinar – Leveraging Medicaid for Chronic Disease Prevention (Medicaid 101)

Example for Citing the coveragetoolkit.org Website

Below is an example of how to cite the coveragetoolkit.org website:

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and Leavitt Partners. National Diabetes Prevention Program Coverage Toolkit, coveragetoolkit.org. June 2017. Prepared under Cooperative Agreement Number 5NU38OT000225-04, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Content last updated: November 11, 2021