What We Offer
Mid
Coast Hospital offers a comprehensive
Diabetes Self-Management Education Program
to help
you gain the knowledge, skills and empowerment
to become an active participant in your
diabetes care.
Self-management
includes making healthy food choices, taking
medications, being physically active, monitoring blood
sugars, and reducing risks.
Participants
meet individually
with our certified diabetes nurse educator
and our registered dietitian. Group and
individual
sessions
are offered.
Insurance Coverage
Diabetes
Education services are covered by third-party
insurance
including
Medicare and MaineCare. Most insurance
covers 10 hours of diabetes education
the first year
and two hours of follow-up training
each
subsequent year.
For more
information, please call (207) 373-6585.
Healthcare provider referrals
should
be faxed to 373-6588.
 The American
Diabetes Association recognizes Mid Coast
Hospitals’ Diabetes Education Program as meeting
the National Standards for Diabetes
Self-Management Education.
Diabetes
Education services are covered by third
party insurance including Medicare and
MaineCare.
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What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a chronic condition in which a person has high blood sugar.
Type 1 diabetes is when the body cannot produce insulin, a hormone that is needed to get blood sugar (glucose) into the body's cells.
Type 2 diabetes is when the body's cells are insulin resistant, thus not allowing glucose into the cells.
These are the two most common forms of diabetes, but there are also less common forms such as gestational diabetes and congenital diabetes among others. |
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