ALERT! See "What is chronic care management?" for information on free services available to enrollees with diabetes.

This benefit covers diabetes education programs approved by Medicare or UMP. The benefit follows Medicare criteria and includes services for:

• Newly diagnosed diabetics.
• Diabetics whose treatment changes from diet control to oral diabetes medication, or from oral diabetes medication to injectable diabetes medication.
• Diabetics without adequate control of their HbA1c levels.
• Diabetcs identified by their provider as being at high risk for complications from inadequate glycemic control.

 Diabetes education services must be prescribed by an approved provider type. To find an approved diabetes education program, visit the Web site www.diabetes.org/education/edustate2.asp. When you are working with an approved diabetes education program, services provided by dieticians are covered. UMP covers up to 10 hours of diabetic education per calendar year; services in excess of 10 hours per year are not covered.