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Article: Health Management Corporation Incorporates Clinically Proven Care Diabetes Management Program With Programming From dLife.
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- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- November 24, 2008
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According to the American Diabetes Association there are 23.6 million children and adults in the United States who have diabetes and approximately one million people are diagnosed with the disease each year. In 2007, 17.5 million diagnosed diabetics in the U.S. resulted in $116 billion in excess medical expenditures (see also Diabetes Management).
In response to this growing epidemic, Health Management Corporation (HMC), a nationally recognized leader in integrated care and total health solutions and a subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc., recently partnered with dLife, a comprehensive online diabetes resource, to introduce new multimedia tools to help members learn ...