Jennifer Christian-Herman, Ph.D.
Vice President, Mind Body Medicine and Behavioral Health, Blue Shield of California
“Our experience with Virta has really been exceptional.”
From type 2 diabetes to prediabetes to obesity, Virta helps your members reverse their condition and take back their life.
Control Rx costs and improve outcomes by offering reversal
Virta integrates with your ASO, Commercial Fully-insured, and Medicare Advantage businesses to help your members reduce medications, improve blood sugar, and lose weight. Our physicians, nurse practitioners, and health coaches deliver a high-touch, personalized lifestyle intervention to people in all 50 states.
Diabetes Reversal
Safely deprescribe diabetes medications and return blood sugar to subdiabetic levels.
Sustainable Weight Loss
Deliver clinically significant weight loss comparable to existing weight-loss drugs.
Prediabetes Reversal
Return blood sugar to below prediabetic levels and deliver clinically significant weight loss.
Diabetes Management
Monitor and control blood sugar, while providing a path to reversal.
Unmatched results that last
Virta helps your members get healthy and take back their life, while helping you control costs within your organization
Average Weight Loss
12%
Our members experience weight loss similar to that delivered by current weight-loss drugs¹
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Medication Reduction
63%
Fewer diabetes medications is a game-changer, inspiring members to reimagine their future¹
Cost Savings
$6,000
Reversing metabolic conditions leads to massive savings—$6k per enrolled member per year²
Rapid and sustained Rx cost reduction
Virta’s approach restores metabolic health while reducing the need for expensive prescription medications. No tradeoffs required.³
Industry-leading sustainable weight loss
Virta offers a better way to navigate GLP-1 costs and utilization for both weight loss and type 2 diabetes. Our members experience comparable weight loss to GLP-1s at a fraction of the cost.
Case Studies
Virta easily integrates with your business
Virta fits with your existing lines of business to bring the benefits of reversal to your members.
Deliver a transformational clinical solution
Virta’s medical providers complement PCP care, and are licensed to practice in all 50 states.
Address high cost pharmacy spend
Deliver transformative outcomes to the 40% of members with diabetes on high cost drugs.
Scale to your full membership
Virta offers the infrastructure of an enterprise-grade vendor and can support massive, nationwide implementations.
40%
Percent of commercial members with diabetes who are on high-cost Rx
Virta quickly and sustainably reduces the need for prescription medications, and can drastically lower Rx claims from members.
Deliver breakthrough outcomes
Employers are blown away by Virta’s clinical and economic impact, with more than 60% of type 2 diabetes members achieving reversal.
Unlock a new lever for cost savings
Many employers have already tried diabetes management or prevention; reversal is a completely new avenue.
Win and retain more business
Employers agree that Virta represents the next generation of chronic disease management.
60%
Percent of ASO members achieving diabetes reversal
More than half of ASO patients who are with Virta for one year achieve diabetes reversal—lowering blood glucose below the diabetes threshold while removing all diabetes-specific medications.
A proven solution for the Medicare population
Virta achieves diabetes reversal rates of 60% within the 65+ population.
Tackle diabetes and related co-morbidities
Virta addresses both direct costs of diabetes as well as related risk factors such as cardiovascular health.
Support members who need it most
Diabetes prevalence in Medicare is 2x the rest of the population, and Medicare patients often lack access to specialty diabetes care.
2x
Diabetes prevalence in Medicare population, compared to entire population
Medicare patients are particularly hard-hit by the diabetes epidemic. Virta provides a solution to get Medicare patients healthy—and off of expensive prescription medications.
The Reversal Advantage
Only reversal offers a non-invasive, cost-effective and sustainable way to improve metabolic health for your population¹,⁴
How we address social determinants of health
Access to transportation
Virta is fully-virtual, available via telemedicine, across the entire U.S.
Access to food
We tailor recommendations to each person’s unique circumstances
Socioeconomic status
We built our approach to serve everyone, across socioeconomic strata
Access to community
Members safely connect with each other within our private community
Reversal as a health equity tool
Virta demonstrates life-changing results for members, irrespective of socioeconomic status or race or ethnicity
See Virta’s health equity outcomesReversal is life-changing. Our members say it best.
Linda lost 65 pounds and celebrated new victories
“For decades, I had tried everything to lose weight. Bariatric surgery was next—I had even signed up for the procedure. Then I found out about Virta. Since then, I’ve lost 65 pounds, while reducing my medications. I can finally fit comfortably behind the steering wheel in my car and put the tray table down on an airplane. It feels like a miracle.”
Dan is thriving after seeing results he didn't think were possible
“I lost 30 pounds on Ozempic, yet I still couldn’t get my blood sugar under control. And I hated the injections. Since starting Virta, I’ve lost 110 pounds and reversed my diabetes, while eliminating Ozempic and several other diabetes medications. Plus, I’m walking 8-10 miles per day. These are results like I’ve never seen before, and never thought I would.”
Sheila reversed her condition and regained her energy
“I’m half Puero Rican, half Barbadian, and diabetes has run rampant in my family and my community for generations—resulting in amputations and even death for several of my closest family members. Through Virta, I’ve now reversed my diabetes, lost over 20 pounds, and regained my energy. The diabetes epidemic in my family stops with me.”
Pay for results, not promises
Virta only gets paid if we are successful in delivering real health improvement—the way all payment should work in healthcare.
100% fees at risk for:
- A1c improvements
- Weight loss with or without GLP-1s
- Prescription reductions
- Claims-based ROI guarantee
We don't charge for:
- Implementation
- Non-participants
- Engagement
Featured Resources
Citations and Footnotes
- Hallberg SJ, McKenzie AL, Williams P, et al. Effectiveness and Safety of a Novel Care Model for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes at One Year: An Open Label, Non-Randomized, Controlled Study. Diabetes Ther. 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s13300-018-0373-9. Medication and weight-loss is for people living with type 2 diabetes and completing 1 year. Medication reduction refers to the percent of total diabetes prescriptions eliminated, excluding metformin
- Virta Health actuarial analysis based on clinical trial results, published in 2021. Trended 2 years using 6.5% for Medical and 8.8% for Rx. Savings model available upon request.
- Athinarayanan SJ, Adams RN, Hallberg SJ, et al. Long-Term Effects of a Novel Continuous Remote Care Intervention Including Nutritional Ketosis for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A 2-year Non-randomized Clinical Trial. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2019; 10:348. DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00348
- Livongo Health, Empowering People with Chronic Conditions, September 2018