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Learn More About
Healthy Eating
Ready to change your diet? Independence Blue Cross (Independence) members with diabetes, renal (kidney) disease (but not on dialysis), or after a kidney transplant when ordered by your doctor, are eligible for 3 hours of one-on-one counseling services during your first
year that you receive medical nutrition therapy services under Medicare (this includes our plan, any other Medicare Advantage plan, or Original Medicare), and two hours each year after that.
Our plan covers up to four additional visits for Medicare- covered medical nutrition therapy for people with diabetes, renal (kidney) disease (but not on dialysis), or after a kidney transplant when ordered by your doctor.
Our plan also covers four additional non-Medicare- covered medical nutrition
therapy visits for routine medical conditions, such
as congestive heart failure (CHF), high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and gluten intolerance.
Resources At Your
Fingertips
Independence offers a
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) for eligible beneficiaries under all Medicare health plans.
MDPP is a structured health behavior change intervention that provides practical training in long-term dietary change, increased physical activity,
and problem-solving strategies for overcoming challenges to sustaining weight loss and a healthy lifestyle.
Meals Program and
Grocery Benefits
Keystone 65 HMO plan members diagnosed with both diabetes and
CHF, or certain cancers,
may be eligible for up to
four weeks of three daily nutritional meals provided by MANNA no more than twice per year. Eligible members may receive these meals
after being discharged home following an inpatient acute hospital, skilled nursing facility, long-term acute care facility, acute rehabilitation facility, or rehabilitation facility stay.
Some Keystone 65 HMO and Personal Choice 65 PPO plan members diagnosed with both diabetes and depression may receive up to four weeks of fresh, local, and organic groceries through United by Blue.
Save Money on Healthy Foods
Through IBX Good Living, Independence members can get coupons for healthy food and access tons of healthy recipes.
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