A high blood pressure reading can leave you with plenty of questions. The same goes for a type 2 diabetes diagnosis, a weight concern, or changes that may be related to perimenopause. Once you have a care plan, you still need to know how to follow it, what to watch for, and when to check in.
Nice Healthcare’s Specialized Programs bring ongoing, personalized support to those everyday questions. They help you understand your health, set realistic goals, and build habits that fit your life.
A clinician who gets to know you
You’ll work one-on-one with a Nice clinician to develop a personalized care plan. According to Nice, patients see the same specially trained provider at each visit throughout their program. That continuity gives you someone who knows your goals and can follow your progress over time.
Depending on your needs, support may include education, follow-up visits, lifestyle guidance, medication management, and coordination with other Nice services. Nice also offers care navigation to help with scheduling appointments and working toward individual goals.
There’s room to talk through the practical details, whether that’s understanding a blood pressure reading, asking about a medication, or finding a nutrition and movement routine you can maintain.
Four programs built around different health needs
Nice’s Specialized Programs currently cover four areas:
- Type 2 diabetes: Personalized support to help you understand and manage diabetes, work toward healthier A1c levels, monitor your condition, and build sustainable nutrition and movement habits.
- Hypertension: Guidance to help you understand and monitor your blood pressure, take medications consistently and safely, and develop habits that support long-term heart health.
- Weight management: Judgment-free support centered on your health, lifestyle, and personal goals, including a realistic nutrition and movement plan.
- Perimenopause and menopause: Support for physical and emotional changes, symptom management, changing cardiovascular health risks, and quality of life.
Your clinician can help you decide whether a program is a good fit and what your next steps should look like. You don’t need to arrive with every question figured out.
What Nice’s early results show
In a recent newsletter, Nice shared preliminary clinical outcomes for participants in three of its programs:
- Hypertension, at six months: An average blood pressure reduction of approximately 5 mmHg.
- Diabetes, at four months: An average A1c decrease of 0.98 percentage points.
- Weight management, at four months: An average weight loss of 29.2 pounds, or roughly 12% of body weight.
These are encouraging early averages reported by Nice, and individual results will vary. They don’t yet establish long-term outcomes or cost savings. Nice says sustaining progress over time is its priority.
Related resources worth exploring
Nice’s website also offers education that complements these programs. Its perimenopause and menopause webinar and Q&A cover symptoms, testing, treatment options, and ways to get care.
For people considering medication as part of diabetes or weight management care, Nice’s GLP-1 webinar and guide explain potential benefits, side effects, and how its care team can help. Nice notes that GLP-1 medications aren’t included in its covered medication benefit; payment depends on your insurance coverage or out-of-pocket costs.
Start with a conversation in the Nice app
If Nice Healthcare is part of your benefits, schedule a primary care visit in the Nice app and tell your clinician what you’d like help with. They’ll talk through your goals and help determine whether a Specialized Program is right for you.
For employers, this is a useful benefit to bring back into the conversation. Employees may know Nice for convenient care when they’re sick and welcome a reminder that it also offers ongoing support for longer-term health needs.
To learn more about offering Nice through Business Health Trust, visit our Nice Healthcare benefits page.
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