Keeping Up with Diabetes Program

• All Upper Peninsula Health Plan (UPHP) members ages 18 and older living with diabetes are eligible for the Keeping UP with Diabetes Program.
• Members living with diabetes with UPHP-paid claims for diabetes care are automatically enrolled into the program.
• If you choose to opt out of the program, please call UPHP to take your name off the list.

• Free educational materials.
• Support from a UPHP clinical coordinator to answer questions about services and supplies.
• Blood Glucose Meter Coverage

The main goals of the program are to help you:

• Understand your diabetes
• Learn diabetes self-management skills
• Keep your diabetes under control
• Provide support

Important care to have done throughout the year:

• A1C testing two to 4 times a year.
• A dilated eye exam, and cholesterol and kidney testing once a year.
• Regular visits with your primary care provider. 
• Blood pressure check and foot exam at each visit.
• Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support visits at your local hospital.

A helpful professional such as a registered dietitian (RD) or certified diabetes educator (CDE) that will listen to you and help you:

• Better understand your diabetes.
• Help you design a plan of action to make changes that meet your goals.
• Give you the tools you need to take care of your diabetes now and in the future.

Get a referral to see your local RD or CDE by calling your provider. Your educator can help you:

• At diagnosis of diabetes.
• Once a year.
• When you have changes in your health.
• When you have changes in your social needs.