Health Alliance Members Achieve Double-Digit Weight Loss and Eliminate Half of Diabetes Medications With Virta Health

Today, Health Alliance announced one-year outcomes from its partnership with Virta Health, the leader in diabetes reversal and sustainable weight loss with a nutrition first approach.

Together, Health Alliance and Virta have helped members with type 2 diabetes see lasting, life-changing health improvement. After one year, participating members experienced:

• Clinically significant weight loss: Members with diabetes saw nearly 13% weight loss on average (5% is considered clinically significant). Clinically significant weight loss can lead to better sleep, reduced inflammation, improved blood pressure, reduced risk of heart disease, and positive impacts on arthritis and fatty liver disease.
• Rx reduction: Members eliminated 51% of diabetes medications (excluding metformin). Those on insulin reduced their insulin dosages by 93%, and 71% eliminated it completely.
• Blood sugar reduction: Estimated A1c (a measure of estimated blood sugar) improved by 1% on average. Every one-point decrease in A1c reduces the risk of long-term diabetes complications—such as eye, kidney, and nerve disease—by up to 40%.

Virta’s personalized approach to nutrition—including on-demand, AI-powered support for meal planning and expert care from health coaches and medical providers—ensures that Health Alliance members receive guidance that fits with their unique lifestyle, culture, dietary preferences, and budget. This wraparound support makes it easy for members to make and maintain the lifestyle changes needed to achieve their health goals.

“It’s incredible—our members are seeing drug-like results, but without the drugs,” said Michael Smith, MD, FAEMS, senior vice president and chief medical officer at Health Alliance. “Virta has been a great solution to help our members to achieve double-digit weight loss on average, and even eliminate insulin, while reducing healthcare costs.”

Health Alliance currently offers Type 2 diabetes reversal to eligible members of fully insured and Administrative Services Only groups, and recently expanded to offer Virta to its Medicare Advantage members. To learn more about Virta and Health Alliance’s partnership and determine eligibility, visit https://www.virtahealth.com/join/hally

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