DPP Lifestyle Coach Network Newsletter

April 2024

Newsletter Highlights

Friday, April 12, 2024

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Via Teams Meeting

Are you a pharmacy who is a recognized DPP or interested in starting a DPP? Or maybe just a pharmacy who is interested in supporting a DPP? Join our first NC DPP Pharmacy Learning Collaborative. Goals of the collaborative are to connect pharmacies to discuss how to support patients with prediabetes, barriers and successes of offering the DPP, and more! Resources and training opportunities will also be shared during future collaborative meetings. 

Upcoming learning collaborative topic:

DPP billing

Please email Meg Sargent with any questions.

DTTAC Advance™ Podcasts are 20-30 minutes episodes perfect for the Lifestyle Coach on the go. Dialogues cover practical and informational topics centered around enhancing the skills of lifestyle coaches delivering the National Diabetes Prevention Program.

3 podcasts = 1 hour of Advanced Coach Training (ACT) required under the CDC DPRP Standards

Topics include:

• A Decade of Prevention
• Ensuring Success
• Food Realities
• Language and Literacy
• The Power of Place
• The Soft Stuff
• Wait, Wait, Don't Leave

CMS announced November 2, 2023, that it will extend the rule that allows all MDPP suppliers to use specific MDPP COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) flexibilities, including the optional virtual delivery of the MDPP set of services through distance learning. The extension of the specified PHE flexibilities will run through December 31, 2027.

CMS also will simplify the current performance-based payment structure for MDPP by allowing fee-for-service payments for beneficiary attendance, while keeping the performance-based payments for beneficiary weight loss.

Find the updated MDPP payment rates here.

MDPP Resources:

• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Expanded Model - Home Page: Visit the MDPP expanded model homepage to learn about how the National DPP lifestyle change program can be offered as a covered service for Medicare beneficiaries with prediabetes. 

• MDPP Coverage Toolkit Basics: Learn more about the basics of the MDPP Expanded Model by visiting the MDPP Basics section of the National DPP Coverage Toolkit. 

• MDPP 101 Orientation Webinar: Review the MDPP 101 orientation webinar to take a deeper dive into the MDPP expanded model; review the benefits of enrolling as a MDPP supplier; learn about supplier support for enrollment, delivery, billing and claims, and sustainability; and uncover additional resources related to MDPP services.

• Implementation Guide for Engaging Healthcare Provider in Referrals to MDPP: Use this Implementation Guide to boost awareness of the National DPP and support health care provider referral to lifestyle change programs recognized by the CDC.  

• Promoting the Lifestyle Change Program to Medicare Beneficiaries, Employers, and Insurers: Use these promotional materials to customize with your program’s information in outreach to beneficiaries, employers, and insurers. While all materials are at your disposal, you can choose a combination of materials that works best for your organization.

• Final Policies for the MDPP Expanded Model for the Calendar Year Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Review the Calendar Year (CY) Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule fact sheet to understand how the rule issued by the CMS affects your organization. This knowledge article is current per MDPP standards, but organizations should always follow-up with CMS for the most up-to-date information. 

• CMS MDPP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Reference this FAQ webpage for a list of common questions CMS has received about the MDPP.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

2:00 PM

On the 3rd Tuesday of April, we invite organizations to join us for a Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program (DPRP) Office Hour session from 2:00pm-3:00 PM. National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) and DPRP subject matter experts will be on hand to answer question/s pertaining to the presented topic.

April topic:

Submitting your DPRP Data