CDC Grants $12.5M to Trinity Health to Improve Health Equity for Diabetes Prevention
September 14, 2023
LIVONIA, MICH., September 15, 2023 --- Trinity Health is the recipient of $12.5 million through a cooperative agreement (NOFO: CDC-RFA-DP23-0020) with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that aims to prevent type 2 diabetes and reduce disparities. The grant allows Trinity Health to start a hub to help adults over 65 and Black and Latinx/Hispanic adults 18 or older who are at risk for type 2 diabetes within our communities.
The Trinity Health hub is one of four in the nation and includes a network of partners from other health and human service sectors to increase participation in the CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). This 12-month lifestyle change program is designed to help participants achieve moderate weight loss through healthy eating habits and increased physical activity. The overall goals are to improve access to DPP, reduce disparities in outcomes, increase the use of existing coverage benefits, and work to expand payer coverage of this evidence-based intervention.
Hub partners will work together to remove barriers for participants to successfully participate in the program. The network will address the social needs of participants, such as transportation, food and housing. It will improve access to DPP by increasing the number of public and private payers or employers that offer the program and its social care interventions as benefits. According to the National Diabetes Statistics Report, diabetes impacts over 11% of the US population and 96 million people likely have prediabetes, making this work vital to national health.
“Working with the CDC and our network of partners will accelerate the work Trinity Health does with diabetes prevention,” said Dan Roth, M.D., executive vice president and chief clinical officer. “This program will help integrate social and clinical care while promoting optimal health for vulnerable people in our communities nationwide.”
The Trinity Health hub includes diabetes prevention providers, community health workers, payers, clinicians, community-based organizations, professional organizations, and technology partners across a 16-state service area. Initial project multisector partners include Aetna/CVS Health, American Medical Association, Catholic Charities USA, YMCA of the USA, Capital District Physician Health Plan, Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN NY), HabitNu (a digital DPP provider), and The Public Good Projects.
“We’re better when we work together,” said Mike Slubowski, president and chief executive officer. “I’m grateful for the partnerships that will benefit the communities we serve.”
This new cooperative agreement builds on a previous 6-year, $8.5 million grant Trinity Health received in 2017 to increase the number of DPP delivery sites, increase program enrollment, maintain participation rates and increase benefit coverage. In addition, the grant was used to standardize clinical screening and detection of diabetes. During the grant period, Trinity Health built the DPP into its electronic health record to make identifying patients and enrolling them in the program easier. Since September 2017, 5,988 participants have enrolled in a Trinity Health DPP and have collectively lost a total of over 51,000 pounds.
The Trinity Health hub is one of four in the nation and includes a network of partners from other health and human service sectors to increase participation in the CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). This 12-month lifestyle change program is designed to help participants achieve moderate weight loss through healthy eating habits and increased physical activity. The overall goals are to improve access to DPP, reduce disparities in outcomes, increase the use of existing coverage benefits, and work to expand payer coverage of this evidence-based intervention.
Hub partners will work together to remove barriers for participants to successfully participate in the program. The network will address the social needs of participants, such as transportation, food and housing. It will improve access to DPP by increasing the number of public and private payers or employers that offer the program and its social care interventions as benefits. According to the National Diabetes Statistics Report, diabetes impacts over 11% of the US population and 96 million people likely have prediabetes, making this work vital to national health.
“Working with the CDC and our network of partners will accelerate the work Trinity Health does with diabetes prevention,” said Dan Roth, M.D., executive vice president and chief clinical officer. “This program will help integrate social and clinical care while promoting optimal health for vulnerable people in our communities nationwide.”
The Trinity Health hub includes diabetes prevention providers, community health workers, payers, clinicians, community-based organizations, professional organizations, and technology partners across a 16-state service area. Initial project multisector partners include Aetna/CVS Health, American Medical Association, Catholic Charities USA, YMCA of the USA, Capital District Physician Health Plan, Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN NY), HabitNu (a digital DPP provider), and The Public Good Projects.
“We’re better when we work together,” said Mike Slubowski, president and chief executive officer. “I’m grateful for the partnerships that will benefit the communities we serve.”
This new cooperative agreement builds on a previous 6-year, $8.5 million grant Trinity Health received in 2017 to increase the number of DPP delivery sites, increase program enrollment, maintain participation rates and increase benefit coverage. In addition, the grant was used to standardize clinical screening and detection of diabetes. During the grant period, Trinity Health built the DPP into its electronic health record to make identifying patients and enrolling them in the program easier. Since September 2017, 5,988 participants have enrolled in a Trinity Health DPP and have collectively lost a total of over 51,000 pounds.