Diabetes CareRewards FAQ
Diabetes
Care Link (DCL) represents a collaborative effort
among employers, health plans, and physicians to improve the
quality of care for patients with diabetes. DCL encourages
patients to optimally manage their diabetes and rewards physicians
who can demonstrate that they are top performers in providing
quality diabetes care.
What
is Diabetes CareRewards?
Diabetes
CareRewards is a website specifically designed for patients
diagnosed with diabetes. Industry research has shown that
people with diabetes are concerned about eating well, beating
stress, staying active, and finding resources to manage their
condition.
Diabetes CareRewards
promotes the achievement of target diabetes goals to improve
health and prevent diabetes complications. By working to optimally
manage diabetes, patients will be eligible to earn points
via CareRewards.
What
are CareRewards?
CareRewards is
a system for tracking key diabetes self-care activities. On
a regular basis patients will record information within the
website that can earn them reward points and incentives. By
following the seven self-care activities listed below, patients
earn points and improve their health.
|
Eye
exam
|
Annually
|
|
Hemoglobin
A1c checked
|
Every
6 months |
| Foot
care |
Every
6 months |
| Cholesterol
and Blood Pressure checked |
Every
6 months |
|
Diet/exercise
- Exercise 4 times per week, on a diet regime,
maintaining healthy weight or losing weight
|
Every
3 months |
| Medications
(as prescribed) |
Every
3 months |
|
Blood
sugar level regularly
monitored as directed by your
doctor (for example, 3 times per day)
|
Every
3 months |
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Who
sponsors the Diabetes CareRewards program?
A powerful coalition
of employers and health plans has joined together to promote
the achievement of target diabetes goals to improve the quality
of diabetes care and prevent diabetes complications.
Who
is eligible?
All employees and
dependents, over the age of 18, with diabetes who are covered
by an eligible health plan offered by one of the sponsors
are invited to participate in Diabetes CareRewards.
With
healthcare costs rising, how can Diabetes CareRewards be offered
to patients?
When a patient
and physician work together for better health, costs go down
for everyone.
Do
patients have to change physicians to participate?
No. Patients do
not have to change doctors to be eligible to use the Diabetes
CareRewards website.
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