Medicare Criteria is PUBLISHED!
It’s finally here!!! Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients covered by Medicare who are on intensive insulin therapy may now get reimbursed for their Dexcom G5 CGM! Dexcom’s G5 Mobile system is the only CGM classified as “therapeutic.” A therapeutic CGM...
Medicare, CGM and Liberty Medical: How to Work with Liberty
Let me start by saying that I am tempering my frustration with Liberty Medical. It has been a rocky road dealing with them. And they only get a one star rating on Yelp. This doesn’t bode well. But … Liberty Medical is the ONLY way...
Savvy Top 15: Here are the Top 15 Pharma Companies of 2016
I just found this really interesting. As published in FiercePharma.com, 14 March 2017, here’s the list of the top 15 pharma companies by 2016 revenue … and these are some BIG revenues! Don’t see Novo Nordisk in there. 1. Johnson...
Savvy Updates 3.12.17: Alexa, Live Stem Cell Imaging, New Cause of T1
Wow, some really neat stuff in the news! Merck aims to put Amazon’s Alexa to work on voice-enabled diabetes tools, according to a post on FiercePharma.com by Beth Snyder Bulik, 8 March 2017 … thanks to Mike Hoskins for the heads up. Using Amazon Lex, the...
Savvy Sweet Fun: SUGAR
I just read a fun and comprehensive blog post on the FIFTY SIX (56) names for sugar, thanks to Nicole Pajer on ASweetLife.com. Sugar is everyone and in so many of the foods we eat. According to the article, added sugar is in (hiding or not obvious) in 74% of...
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