Diabetes Program — In Control®

In Control

First ChoiceSM by Select Health of South Carolina members with diabetes can join a special program to help them manage their condition.

Call 1-888-276-2020 (TTY 1-888-765-9586), and select the options for Rapid Response/Care Management, or visit the member portal today to join the In Control diabetes program.

What can the In Control diabetes program do for me?

The In Control diabetes program can help you:

  • Understand the medications you are taking.
  • Know the importance of the foods you eat.
  • Know why it is so important for you to test your blood sugar as often as your provider asks you to.
  • Understand why exercise and weight control are so important.

What is diabetes?1

Diabetes is a disease that affects how your body breaks down sugar. It causes your body to have too much sugar in the blood. It could also be that you do not have enough insulin. Insulin helps your body break down the sugar in the food you eat to give you energy.

If you do not have control of your diabetes, it can:

  • Cause you to go blind, get kidney disease, and have foot problems.
  • Make it easier to get infections and/or wounds that will not heal.
  • Put you at a higher risk of getting heart disease or having a stroke.
  • Cause you to have nerve damage.
  • Make you feel tired, thirsty and have to go to the bathroom much more than usual.

Join the In Control diabetes program today

To join the diabetes program, please call 1-888-276-2020 (TTY 1-888-765-9586), and select the options for Rapid Response/Care Management.

Or, you can log in to the member portal and go to Enroll in a Special Program.

Questions?

If you were a part of but no longer want to be in the In Control diabetes program, call 1-888-276-2020 (TTY 1-888-765-9586), and select the options for Rapid Response/Care Management. Leaving the program will not change your benefits. It will also not change the way First Choice or Healthy Connections treats you.   

 

1. “Diabetes,” familydoctor.org, September 21, 2020, https://familydoctor.org/condition/diabetes/