Diabetes Program

Members with diabetes can join a care management program to help them manage their condition.

Call 1-866-577-0833 (TTY 711) or visit the member portal today to join the diabetes program.

What is diabetes?1

Diabetes is a disease that affects how your body breaks down sugar. It causes your body to have too much sugar in the blood. The disease could also be that you do not have enough insulin. Insulin helps your body break down the sugar in the food you eat to give you energy.

If you do not have control of your diabetes, it can:

  • Cause you to go blind, get kidney disease, and have foot problems.
  • Make it easier to get infections and/or wounds that will not heal.
  • Put you at a higher risk of getting heart disease or having a stroke.
  • Cause you to have nerve damage.
  • Make you feel tired, thirsty, and have to go to the bathroom much more than usual.

What can the diabetes program do for me?

The diabetes care management program can help you:

  • Understand the medications you are taking.
  • Know the importance of the foods you eat.
  • Know why it is so important for you to test your blood sugar as often as your provider asks you to.
  • Understand why exercise and weight control are so important.

Join the diabetes program today.

To join the diabetes program, please call 1-866-577-0833.

Or you can log in to the member portal and go to Enroll in a Special Program.

Questions?

If you were a part of the diabetes program but want to leave the program, call 1-866-577-0833 (TTY 711). Leaving the program will not change your benefits. It will also not change the way AmeriHealth Caritas Next provides your benefits. 

1. “Diabetes,” familydoctor.org, September 20, 2020, https://familydoctor.org/condition/diabetes/.

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