The District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance has contracted with Magellan Health Services to manage a DC Medicaid diabetic supplies program.

For this initiative, Magellan Medicaid Administration has retained two companies- Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. and Roche Diagnostics Corporation- to be preferred providers of blood glucose monitors and strips effective July 1, 2011. This program applies to DC Medicaid Fee for service beneficiaries without other insurance or Medicare coverage.