Step Down GLP-1s. Step Up Population Health.
A smarter path to GLP-1 cost management and member well-being.
Start Your GLP-1 Exit Strategy Today
Real results. For your Population. And your bottom line.
Support Healthier Outcomes Without a Lifetime of High-Cost Medications.
Why It Matters to Your Organization:
GLP-1 drugs are costly, high-demand, and often prescribed without long-term care plans. Our program serves as a strategic, cost-effective alternative that helps your population:
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Avoid or reduce long-term reliance on GLP-1s.
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Improve weight, blood sugar, and metabolic health, naturally.
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Achieve sustainable clinical outcomes, not just short-term fixes.
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Lower long-term health risks, and total cost of care.
Replace prescription dependency with metabolic resilience.
Ciba Health’s GLP-1 Step Down Program is a clinically backed, root-cause solution that helps members reduce or safely discontinue GLP-1 medications by addressing the metabolic drivers behind obesity, type 2 diabetes, and insulin resistance.
How It Works
- Advanced Diagnostics: Up to 300 biomarkers analyzed to guide precision care.
- Multidisciplinary Virtual Care: Board-certified physicians, registered dietitians, and certified health coaches deliver longitudinal, coordinated support.
- Connected Devices: CGMs, blood pressure monitors, digital scales, and sleep/activity trackers provide accountability and real-time feedback to members and their care team.
- Sustainable Outcomes: A maintenance phase keeps members healthy and prevents regression, which minimizes future GLP-1 dependence and cost.
Let’s build a more sustainable GLP-1 strategy, together.
- 100% value-based care: no outcomes, no payment.
- Fully risk-based contracts: we only succeed when your population does.
GLP-1 Medication Prevention, Reduction, and Elimination
A High-Touch High-Tech Approach
Root-Cause Medicine
Advanced labs (up to 300 biomarkers) help identify the underlying cause of metabolic dysfunction, going beyond symptom management, and straight to the source of the problem.
Multidisciplinary Care Team
Board-certified physicians, registered dietitians, and certified health coaches provide root-cause analysis of metabolic issues, and develop personalized care plans for:
- Targeting the natural restoration of metabolic health, and preventing individuals from going on costly GLP-1s in the first place.
- Safely reducing/eliminating GLP-1 medications under careful guidance through ultra-personalized interventions based on individuals’ unique biochemistries, needs, and preferences.
Devices Supporting Metabolic Health Restoration
Members receive the following Ciba Health tools to support lifestyle changes:
- Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM)
- Blood pressure monitor
- Digital scale
- Sleep/fitness tracker
Health data from these devices is available to members and to their care teams in real-time, so lifestyle changes that deliver the biggest positive impact on metabolic health can be quickly identified, repeated, and optimized to produce sustainable health outcomes.
Note: This Step Down model mandates that members first participate in and complete a 12-month Ciba Health root-cause program (e.g. Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Program, or the Prediabetes, Obesity, and Weight Management Program) before gaining approval for GLP-1 medications as determined by employer or payer.
Case study
Meet Kayla, Registered Nurse, 46 years old
Overweight for most of her adult life, and lived with type 2 diabetes. PCP prescribed GLP-1 two years ago.
Results
- No longer insulin resistant
- Resolution of gut dysbiosis
- Reversal of autoimmune markers
- Weaned off GLP-1 during the process while maintaining weight loss
Kayla’s experience
on a GLP-1
Pros
- Lost 50% of bodyweight
- HbA1c returned to normal
Cons
- Constant nausea and vertigo
- Dizziness
- Fatigue
- Muscle aches
- Abnormal GTT (still insulin resistant)
- Complained of sagging skin
Root-cause analysis demonstrated
- Autoimmune markers
- Gut dysbiosis
- Insulin resistance
The approach
- Repair gut health
- Avoid reactive foods
- Tailored nutrition based on her biochemistry.
Plant-based/paleo
The Ciba Health Impact: Substantial and Sustainable
Ciba Health is a clinically-validated solution that drives statistically significant reductions in blood glucose and weight loss. Our impact extends into medication reduction/elimination, and lowered hospitalization rates.
Our results
On average within 12 months
90%
REDUCTION
Symptom improvement
or elimination
2%
REDUCTION
In A1C
30lbs
Sustained weight loss
85%
REDUCTION
In medication use
25%
REDUCTION
In hospitalizations
95%
ENGAGEMENT
Rate
75%
In program
completion
80
NPS
Score
