Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2025

Key Provisions

• Ends Medicare deductibles and coinsurance for diabetes self-management training services, making them free for beneficiaries starting January 1, 2027.
• Sets specific hours for diabetes self-management training: an initial 10 hours, followed by 2 additional hours each year.
• Removes limits on training hours if a doctor or qualified non-physician practitioner deems more services medically necessary.
• Lets qualified non-physician practitioners, not just managing physicians, refer patients for diabetes self-management training.
• Requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test offering virtual (online) diabetes self-management training services by January 1, 2026.