Medical Nutrition Counseling and Therapy are available as a covered benefit through the TI Health Plan for everyone who is BCBS insured: employees, retirees, spouses and dependents and for all other Tiers at a discounted rate.There is TI coverage for 4 visits per diagnosis per year.

Medical Nutrition Therapy is available for more than 200 health conditions

• High blood pressure
• Heart disease, including high cholesterol and high triglyceride levels
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Hypo or hyperglycemia
• Glucose Intolerance
• Osteoporosis
• Arthritis
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Gastro-esophageal reflux disorder (GERD)
• Eating disorders
• Migraines
• Cancer
• High-risk pregnancy, gestational diabetes
• Kidney disease
• Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
• Lap-band and gastric bypass procedures

Diabetes Awareness, Wellness and Nutrition (DAWN) Program

A new diabetes detection and management program for TI insureds offered by Professional Nutrition Therapists (PNT)

The diabetes detection and management program is being offered to TI insureds. The program is called Diabetes Awareness, Wellness and Nutrition (DAWN) Program.

The TI intervention program is provided by Professional Nutrition Therapists (PNT). PNT , a preferred provider health services organization, has been TI's approved preferred nutrition services provider during the past 8 years.

The DAWN program is provided in addition to the general medical nutrition therapy service. This new program is certainly the DAWN of a new era in the detection and treatment of diabetes.

The goal of this program is to enable you to control your diabetes in such a manner that you avoid the rapid progression of the disease. If not controlled, diabetes can lead to very serious complications including kidney disease, blindness, lower limb amputation, hearing loss, and heart disease.

To schedule your first consultation or if you would like to request more information, call 972-238-1811 (outside Dallas, 800-888-9560) and ask for the DAWN Program or click here to contact us online.