For consultants and advisors
Evaluate Dario for a client in one place
Facts, evidence and limits for Dario's diabetes, blood pressure and weight program, plus a vendor checklist your client can use.
What's included
Dario at a glance
| Lead program | Diabetes, blood pressure and weight, including GLP-1 support, in the Dario Health app. Components are selected per agreement and enrolled program, such as a glucose meter that plugs into the phone, a connected blood-pressure monitor or a scale, and coaching by certified diabetes educators and other specialists. |
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| Other programs | Dario Mind (behavioral health) and Dario Move (musculoskeletal), each in its own app. Dario Sleep and Dario Women announced, rollout expected fall 2026. All solutions |
| Clinical care | Referral to the client's own network in every line of business. Partner GLP-1 evaluation and prescribing: commercial, subject to state and contract; Medicare Advantage not yet confirmed; Medicaid not currently. Other clinical tasks are proposals to confirm. Not included by default. Clinical care options |
| Contracting | Direct, through the client's health plan where it offers Dario, or through networks and benefits platforms. Bundled or single programs. Partner routes |
| Measurement | Enrollment, participation and clinical reporting based on device readings; reporting cadence is agreed during implementation; matched or before-and-after claims analysis where claims are shared. |
| Pricing basis | Bundles are typically priced per engaged member per month; per-member and milestone terms are also used (Dario FY2025 10-K). |
| Known limits | The two highlighted studies come from one Sanofi-funded, observational type 2 diabetes program (2017 to 2021). No clinical partner for Medicaid. Health-system programs are proposed pilots; no results are available. Evidence and limits |
Clients consolidating cardiometabolic support
Employers and plans whose members manage diabetes, high blood pressure or excess weight, especially those replacing separate condition programs.
Questions to ask any cardiometabolic program, including ours
Vendor outcome figures rarely compare directly; these questions show why.
Evidence
- Study designIs the strongest study behind each outcome randomized, matched or before-and-after? Who funded it?
- ComparatorMatched non-participants, usual care, or the same members before enrolling?
- Population matchHow do the studied members compare with ours in age, line of business, severity and how they enrolled?
- Measured or estimatedAre results from claims and lab values, or modeled or estimated?
- Who countsWhat share of eligible members enroll and stay engaged at 6 and 12 months? Are results for all enrollees or only engaged ones?
Clinical access and medications
- Clinical accessWho evaluates and prescribes, in which states, and for commercial, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid members?
- MedicationsWhat is the approach to GLP-1 medications, and is there evidence of an effect on total drug spend?
Buying and running the program
- ImplementationHow much of our team's time, over how many weeks, and who runs and funds outreach?
- Data and integrationWhat data do you need, what do you send back, and which security certifications do you hold?
- Pricing basisWhat triggers a fee? Do you charge for members who never engage? Are fees at risk? Any minimums?
- ReportingWhich measures are reported, against what baseline, and can our actuary reproduce any savings calculation?
The evidence behind it
Two peer-reviewed, Sanofi-funded observational studies found better lab HbA1c results and lower hospitalization among adults with type 2 diabetes using Dario's diabetes solution in 2017 to 2021 than among matched non-users. They do not measure today's program.
How Dario reaches your client's members
| Step | Your organization | Dario | Channel partner, if you contract through one |
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| Contract | Contracts directly or through a channel partner | Scopes programs, clinical pathways and reporting | May hold the contract and handle billing |
| Eligibility | Sends an eligibility file, or enables single sign-on | Tests the file or sets up sign-on | May supply or route eligibility data |
| Outreach and enrollment | Agrees the outreach plan; can promote it in your channels | Provides materials and runs the agreed outreach | May run outreach to the people it serves |
| Activation | Not typically involved | Ships devices, onboards members and starts coaching | Not typically involved |
| Reporting | Shares claims data for an economic analysis, if wanted | Reports enrollment, participation and clinical measures at the agreed cadence | May receive reporting under its own contract |
Enrollment depends on outreach; Dario does not guarantee a participation rate.
Bring us a client question
Share the client's population size, lines of business, current programs and claims access. We will answer the checklist for that client.