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All Tier 3 research programs require enrollment as a participant in a clinical trial. The cost of supporting this research is sometimes sponsored for the participant and in other cases participants are asked to pay all or a portion of the costs of conducting the research. Contact the Principal Investigator or a member of their research staff for each trial to understand the details. You may also register by sending us your contact information on the "contact us" page.

Diabetes HouseCall

A diabetes follow up visit conducted in the comfort and privacy of home is now a working reality for families of children and teens with type 1 diabetes (programs for adults are planned). Both program and provider fees are necessary. This program does not include the provider fees which are paid directly to the physician (ie - endocrinologist, certified diabetes educator, etc...).

Program Fee: $350/quarter with a 1 year commitment.

Standard Co-Pay: $199/yr (enrollment in RightNow! Study may also be necessary)

The following providers offer their patients the opportunity to enroll in their Diabetes HouseCall Practice.

• Stephen W. Ponder MD, (Pediatric Endocrinologist) offers HouseCall to his patients residing in Texas & Iowa

The following health plans have agreed to cover 100% of the cost for their patients who enroll in Diabetes HouseCall.

• BlueCross BlueShield of Texas
• Driscoll Children's Health Plan

 

Healthy Babies

Progressive health plans understand that when mothers are diagnosed with abnormally elevated blood sugars and/or uncontrolled diabetes during pregnancy, every blood sugar check is critical in measuring the effectiveness of the management strategies.

Program Fee: $100/month with a $500 per pregnancy maximum charge

Standard Co-Pay: N/A

The following health plans offer the Healthy Babies program to their members (last updated December 2009):

• Driscoll Children's Health Plan offers participation in this study as a fully covered benefit (no co-pay required) to its members located throughout South Texas

Clinical Research Program

This program raises the bar in clinical research with the highest quality data collection and monitoring services available.All system and processes comply with all relevant State & Federal regulations / guidelines.

Program Fee: Varies

Standard Participant Fee / Co-Pay: $0 - $300 one-time participant fee depending on the unique details of each trial

The following clinical research programs offer their trial participants access to Diabetech technology at no cost (last updated December 2009):

• Baylor Health Care's Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Program relies on Diabetech's Platinum level program for both pre-transplant screening & post transplant monitoring.
• Texas Children's Hospital relies on Diabetec's Platinum level program for its remote patient monitoring requirements related to clinical research.
• Oklahoma State University Medical Center - ADMS as the New Standard of Care in Diabetes in Pregnancy
• Driscoll Children's Hospital
• Driscoll Children's Health Plan
• Morris L. Lichtenstein Medical Research Foundation
• Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research / Southeast
• Children's Medical Center of Dallas - Disease Management - Pediatric Asthma Program
• Diabetech also supports confidential research projects and are therefore not listed here.