North Dakota State Health Insurance Counseling Program (SHIC)
Free, and they don’t sell plans. A counselor will read your drug plan’s list with you.
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147,844 people in North Dakota were enrolled in Medicare, according to KFF's state health facts table, which is compiled from CMS enrollment counts for 2024.
North Dakota expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid is a separate program from Medicare, with its own eligibility rules and its own list of covered drugs.
Medicare's rules for GLP-1 medicines are set nationally, so they are the same in North Dakota as everywhere else. What changes from state to state is which drug plans are sold where you live, which pharmacies are in their networks, and which prescribers are near you.
North Dakota State Health Insurance Counseling Program (SHIC) is North Dakota's State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Counselors are free, they are not paid by any plan, and they will read your drug plan's drug list with you.
Call 1-888-575-6611. The program's own site is https://www.insurance.nd.gov/shic-medicare.
These contact details were checked against North Dakota's SHIP page, https://www.shiphelp.org/ships/north-dakota/, in 2026-08.
The directory holds 135 active public-source listings in North Dakota, spread across 21 counties.
The counties carrying the most listings, set against North Dakota's 147,844 Medicare beneficiaries:
From public federal data. It shows a place exists and how to reach it, not whether it prescribes GLP-1 medicines, so call first.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NEPHROLOGY.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Family Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Emergency Medicine.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Physician Assistant.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Clinic/Center.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy, Clinic Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy, Home Infusion Therapy Pharmacy.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered, Nutrition, Renal.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NURSE PRACTITIONER.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Pharmacy.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: INTERNAL MEDICINE.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NURSE PRACTITIONER.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: FAMILY PRACTICE.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NURSE PRACTITIONER.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NURSE PRACTITIONER.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Dietitian, Registered.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NURSE PRACTITIONER.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NURSE PRACTITIONER.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NURSE PRACTITIONER.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
CMS Care Compare clinician profile with telehealth indicator. Primary specialty: NURSE PRACTITIONER.
Public NPPES listing with taxonomy: Family Medicine.
HRSA-listed community health center or look-alike site. Public resource for community-based care access; confirm GLP-1 and Medicare support directly.
Medicare's rules are the same in every state. For type 2 diabetes, a GLP-1 goes through your Medicare drug plan. Wegovy for heart-disease risk and Zepbound for sleep apnea also go through your drug plan. For weight management, the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge can cover Wegovy, Zepbound KwikPen and Foundayo from July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027. What differs by state is which drug plans you can join.
Call North Dakota State Health Insurance Counseling Program (SHIC) at 1-888-575-6611. It's the State Health Insurance Assistance Program for North Dakota: free, unbiased, and it doesn't sell plans. A counselor can read your plan's drug list with you and explain prior authorization and appeals.
Each Medicare drug plan has its own list of covered drugs, its own price tiers, and its own rules such as prior authorization. The plans on offer depend on where you live, so two people in North Dakota can get different answers for the same medicine.
Not necessarily. Listings come from public federal data that shows a place exists and how to reach it. It doesn't record whether a place prescribes GLP-1 medicines or accepts a particular plan, so call and ask first.
Use the three questions at the top of this page. They'll tell you whether to start with your drug plan or your doctor, and give you the exact questions to ask.