Nutrition 21, Inc. and XLHealth Corporation announce agreement
To make Diachrome available to physicians for people with diabetes participating in the CMS sponsored Chronic Care Improvement Program in Tennessee.
22/03/05 Nutrition 21, Inc. and XLHealth Corporation have announced an agreement in principle for a program that will make Diachrome available to physicians for people with diabetes participating in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) sponsored Chronic Care Improvement Program (CCIP) in Tennessee. The state ranks 2nd in the nation with persons diagnosed with diabetes, and spends approximately $3.6 billion on direct and indirectly associated health care costs.
The CCIP is the first large-scale chronic care improvement initiative under the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS program).
Diachrome, a nutritional supplement specifically formulated for people with diabetes, is a patented combination of chromium as chromium picolinate and biotin.
