Medicare and CGM: New Potential Issues?
Debra Parrish is an attorney who has been working with T1 appeals on Medicare denials of CGM coverage. Her email about Medicare coverage with the first one I received in January. But today, she put out a caution that there still may be obstacles. ...
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...
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