The New York City A1C Registry
Info. for Patients | Info. for Health Care Providers
An A1C tells you what your blood glucose has been over the last 3 months. If your A1C is high, you and your doctor may discuss changes to your diet, exercise and possibly medications. Decreasing your A1C can reduce your chances of having heart, kidney, eye and foot problems. A1C is also used to diagnose diabetes.
The A1C Registry program supports patients with diabetes in managing their care. Letters are sent to adult patients with high A1C results (over 9%) and a reminder to return to care. As part of the Registry program, you may receive one of these letters in the mail if you had a high A1C result, or you may receive calls or mailings informing you of free programs.
Patients with a recent A1C that was high may receive the High A1C Letter:
Click here to see the high A1C letter.
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Patients whose last A1C was high AND have not had a test in 8 months may receive the Due for A1C Test Letter:
Click here to see a copy of the due for A1C test letter.
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The program also sends quarterly reports to health care facilities and providers. Each report contains a patient roster organized by three A1C categories: A1C < 7%, A1C 7-9% and A1C > 9%. Your information may also appear on a report to your provider.
Click here to see a sample of the Provider Report.
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If you do not want to be contacted, either by letter or phone, about your A1C results through registry-related programs and you do not want your provider(s) to receive your A1C information through registry-related programs, you must submit a “Do Not Contact” request. You can:
- Submit an on-line request OR;
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Print and mail the completed request form 
[Español] to the Health Department, OR;
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Call 311 and ask to be directed to the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Submitting a "Do Not Contact" request will in no way affect the current care you are receiving or information your provider (s) receives from the laboratory directly. In addition, you will still be able to receive resources from your provider (s).
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