Improving Diabetes Control Through Peer Counseling and Incentives

Inclusion Criteria

• •African American veteran
• •50-70 years old
• •ICD-9CM diagnosis code consistent with DM (any ICD-9CM code starting with 250)
• •For patients: last two HbA1c greater than 8% with at least one measure being within 3 months of enrollment
• •For peer counselors: HbA1c of greater than 8% in the past 3 years and an HbA1c less than or equal to 7.5% within 3 months of enrollment