ADA Comes Out in Support of MDPP

A board-certified pediatric surgeon with nearly three decades of experience in the field, Mark Holterman, MD, currently serves as a professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Committed to advancing medicine, Dr. Mark Holterman supports the efforts of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). 

Senior citizens in the United States a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with more than 25 percent of those aged 60 and over living with the disease. That’s why the ADA recently came out in support of a major new initiative known as the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP). This program will serve as an awareness and intervention platform with the goal of reducing the rate of diagnosis by providing support to community providers who, in turn, will be better equipped to provide screening and other services to at-risk communities. 

The new program will not only help reduce the rate of type 2 diabetes in seniors but will also help deal with rising health care costs that come from treating the illness.