Managing Chronic Disease
Managing Chronic Disease
Ongoing education and support for better health
Our Managing Chronic Disease benefit provides you with coverage for personalized health coaching and disease management education to help you better understand your chronic condition and manage it. Services are provided by our specialized network of health professionals, and are available without a doctor's referral. It's healthcare on your terms to help you live better.*
Coverage is currently available for lung health education and support services (asthma, COPD), diabetes care and education, heart health (high blood pressure, high cholesterol) and coverage for services and supports to help you quit smoking and reduce your risk factors for some chronic diseases.
Services tailored to meet your needs
Our specialized health care professionals will work closely with you to guide and support you on your path to wellness.
Covered conditions and resources
Learning you have a chronic disease can bring up many feelings - fear, confusion, and even depression. You may feel overwhelmed by how much there is to learn and what lifestyle changes you need to make. Our specialized health care professionals will work closely with you to guide and support you on your path to wellness—every step of the way:
Information and resources on managing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Asthma info
- The Lung Association
- Lung health information line 1-866-717-2673
- Work-related Asthma
COPD info
- The Lung Association
- COPD BreathWorks Plan
- The Lung Association’s Lung health information line 1-866-717-COPD staffed by CREs
- Living Well With COPD
Air Quality info
Medavie Tools
- Connect with a Health Professional: A lung health educator can help you to identify your triggers and control your symptoms.
- Medavie Mobile App: Ready when you need it. Submit a claim, search coverage, find a health provider near you, and more.
- My Good Health: Gives you access to reliable information on health conditions, diagnostic tests and procedures, healthy living resources, and tools and calculators to help you better understand your condition.
Services and supports to help you manage Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
Diabetes info
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- CDA toll-free at 1-800-BANTING (226-8464)
Medavie Tools
- Connect with a Health Professional: Work with a certified blood diabetes educator to set and achieve goals for your blood sugar to minimize complications.
- Medavie Mobile App: Ready when you need it. Submit a claim, search coverage, find a health provider near you, and more.
- My Good Health: Gives you access to reliable information on health conditions, diagnostic tests and procedures, healthy living resources, and tools and calculators to help you better understand your condition.
Heart health support and disease management education (high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol)
Heart health info
Medavie Tools
- Connect with a Health Professional: Understand the important of drug adherence and set goals to lower your cholesterol—and keep your blood pressure in check—with the help of your coach.
- Medavie Mobile App: Ready when you need it. Submit a claim, search coverage, find a health provider near you, and more.
- My Good Health: Gives you access to reliable Canadian information on health conditions, diagnostic tests and procedures, healthy living resources, and tools and calculators to help you better understand your condition.
Services and supports to help you quit smoking and address risk factors for some chronic diseases
Quit smoking info
Medavie Tools
- Connect with a Health Professional: Get expert services and support to kick the habit
- Medavie Mobile App: Ready when you need it. Submit a claim, search coverage, find a health provider near you, and more.
- My Good Health: Gives you access to reliable information on health conditions, diagnostic tests and procedures, healthy living resources, and tools and calculators to help you better understand your condition.
Connect with a Health Professional
Sobeys Pharmacy
Fill out the form and we'll connect you with a Sobey's/Lawtons pharmacy in your area.*
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North West Telepharmacy Solutions
We have providers who offers health coaching over the phone. Call or email from anywhere in the country.
Call: 1-877-477-2583
Email: mcdprogram@northwest.ca
Health Professional Finder
Use our online health professional finder to locate approved health educators and practitioners near you.
You can also use Medavie Mobile, our app for iOS and Android, to search for health professionals near you, get directions and add them to your favourites.
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*The Managing Chronic Disease program is available to all Individual Plan Medavie Blue Cross members and members of Group Plans registered with the program. The plan member can check to see if they have coverage for this benefit with our Medavie Mobile app, by visiting our Member Services website, or by calling our Customer Contact Centre at 1-888-873-9200 in their area. Medavie Blue Cross sets usual, reasonable and customary (U&C) reimbursement limits on all health services and expenses eligible under our health plans. In addition to the per-visit U&C, the Managing Chronic Disease benefit has an overall annual maximum. GSK, a research-based pharmaceutical company, has provided sponsorship funding towards the development of employee lung health management programs by Medavie Blue Cross.