Requirements for offering the Diabetes Prevention Program

Priority Health reimburses providers for offering Diabetes Prevention Programs (DPP). Providers offering DPP must be contracted to provide services to Priority Health members. Below are additional requirements for providers.

Requirements by plan type

Individual and group commercial programs

Providers must offer a Diabetes Prevention Recognized Program (DPRP) or their program must be pending recognition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Medicare programs

To offer the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) for Medicare members, providers must be enrolled as a MDPP supplier which includes CDC preliminary recognition status.

Providers must notify Priority Health within ten business days if the CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program recognition or MDPP supplier status is revoked.

Medicaid programs

See MDHHS bulletin number MMP 23-33 for Medicaid-specific requirements related to the Michigan Diabetes Prevention Program (MiDPP).

Participating DPP provider responsibilities

  • Confirm participants meet the CDC (commercial members) and CMS (Medicare members) eligibility criteria.
  • Report member outcomes for the duration of the program.
  • Partner directly with the Priority Health DPP Program Manager to ensure correct set-up and processes for sustainability, reimbursement and member outcomes reporting.
  • Conduct DPP/MDPP/MiDPP programs that meet the CDC or CMS criteria.
  • Educate PCPs and staff about the program and the referral process as requested by Priority Health.
  • Maintain a course calendar on the State of Michigan registry, showing current DPP course offering schedules and locations.
  • Manage registration and class rosters.
  • Offer informational sessions for prospective participants to enhance program interest.  
  • Provide program materials such as: leader manuals, participant manuals, scales, calorie count books, food trackers.
  • Provide a secure location for all sessions.
  • Share results with Priority Health.
  • Help raise awareness about prediabetes in the communities you serve.

Priority Health will reach out to eligible members 2-4 times per year to help increase awareness of prediabetes and the DPP.

Data management and submission requirements

Providers must maintain a database that's compliant with CDC expectations for the NDPP program.  

Providers must submit individual level member data files to Priority Health through an established electronic standardized process (SFTP) using the formatting provided by Priority Health.

Providers must report the member data and outcomes listed below:

  • After class one for baseline
  • At completion of quarterly core session period
  • At completion of core maintenance period (1 year).

Member level data must include:

  • Member ID number
  • Name
  • Date of birth
  • DPP provider organization name
  • Enrollment date
  • Program location
  • Initial weight at first session
  • Weight and number of core sessions attended at  the end of the core session period
  • Weight and number of monthly sessions attended at completion of one (1) program year
  • During year two ongoing maintenance sessions quarterly reporting of weight and attendance

Communications and promotional materials

Providers shall not publish any materials, including press releases, advertisements and other promotional materials, without prior written consent from Priority Health when using our name or logo. Secure Priority Health approval on all communications for: 

  • Media, social media and working with public policy officials  
  • Media stories of successful outcomes highlighting our commitment to diabetes prevention
  • Any printed materials, spoken scripts, or presentations referencing Priority Health

How to get started

  1. Join our networks, if you haven’t already.
  2. Log into your prism account or create one.
  3. Click Enrollments & changes in the main menu.
  4. Click New Organizational Provider Enrollment.
  5. From the drop-down menu, select Diabetic Prevention Program as the Organization Type.
  6. Complete the application and click Submit.

For a complete reference of the DPP regulations, read the guidelines and policy handbook.