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Molina Healthcare Dual Options MyCare Ohio (Medicare-Medicaid Plan) covers diabetes education programs to help you understand your diabetes and make decisions about your health and treatment.

Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) classes are designed to give you lasting knowledge, so you can continue to make healthy lifestyle choices after your DSME program ends.

With the support of diabetes educators, you will learn skills to:

• Understand your diabetes
• Make decisions about your health and treatment
• Eat healthy
• Stay physically active
• Take your medication
• Keep your hemoglobin A1c test results at a healthy level
• Solve problems

Talk to your doctor about whether DSME classes are right for you.

Watch the videos below to learn about the benefits of DSME, from doctors and patients.

• Self-Management Education: Learn More. Feel Better. (3 minutes)
  DSME helps you take day-to-day steps to manage diabetes.
  
  
• Self-Management Education: Skills for Managing Chronic Conditions (2 minutes)
  Hear a registered nurse explain how DSME teaches skills to manage diabetes.
  
  
• Self-Management Education: Feel More in Control of your Chronic Condition (2 minutes)
  Hear a patient explain how DSME helped her understand and manage her diabetes.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are DSME classes?
DSME is an education program to help you manage your diabetes day to day. DSME classes are designed to give you lasting knowledge, so you can continue to make healthy choices after your DSME program ends. DSME classes do not replace the care or information given to you by your doctor.

Why should I attend all of the DSME classes?
DSME programs can help you:.

• Improve your hemoglobin A1c test results
• Improve your blood pressure and cholesterol levels
• Take medications on time and in the right way
• Lower your risk of diabetes-related health complications
• Make healthy lifestyle choices like eating healthy foods, staying active, and getting needed health care services
• Build confidence in your ability to meet your goals

Who teaches DSME classes?
Classes are taught by diabetes educators who are in an ADA*-recognized or ADCES†-accredited DSME program.

Molina Dual Options MyCare Ohio has a network of providers you can use to get covered services. To find a DSME provider in the Molina Dual Options MyCare Ohio network near you, visit MolinaProviderDirectory.com/OH. Type “Diabetes Self-Management Education” in the Search for Care field.

How do I attend the classes?
Your DSME provider will tell you about their specific program. Your class may include a group of people, or it may include just you and the diabetes educator.

Where do I start?
Talk to your doctor about whether DSME is right for you.

* American Diabetes Association (ADA)
† Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES)