Savvy about Prior Authorization Requests … you’ll be shocked!
Who Actually Is Reviewing All Those Preauthorization Requests? was posted on MedPage Today, 8 November 2017 by Milton Packer, MD … a very interesting read. Have you or your medical team ever been annoyed by your insurance company requiring a “Prior...
Savvy Meets David Brownstein and Noodle (D.A.D.)
I am very pleased to introduce you to David Brownstein and his diabetes alert dog, Noodle. I may be entirely biased … but Noodle is TOTALLY ADORABLE and AMAZING! I met David, Noodle and Lindsay (David’s wife) several months back …...
Savvy PSA: If You Are Sick (Symptomatic), STAY HOME!
We are in the midst of a very challenging cold and flu season … worst we’ve had in many many years. As Moira McCarthy reports on ASweetLife.org, … “the flu season is at its peak, and it’s especially severe this year. Emergency rooms are...
Savvy Updates, 1/31/2018: Big $$ for AP, Foot Ulcer Therapy, Diabetes in India
Big Money in Diabetes Devices! Bigfoot raises $37M to trial AI-enabled insulin delivery devices Beta Bionics takes step toward $25M financing round Chinese buyers mull bids for Johnson & Johnson’s $4B diabetes unit Dermapace System stimulates wound...
The DiaBadass Tour Visits the Savvy Diabetic
The DiaBadass Tour, which launched on Wednesday, January 10 in San Clemente, visited 2 of us long-time T1’s for lunch on Monday, January 15, 2018! You are probably just shaking your heads and asking, WHAT? A DiaBadass: A Person who has diabetes and...
Happy Diaversary to ME! 53 years!
DIAVERSARY: day of diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes MY DIAVERSARY: Monday, 25 January 1965, 53 years ago. Diagnosed in office of my pediatrician, Dr. Maxwell Stillerman, in his home office on Polo Road in Great Neck, NY. I hadn’t felt well...
Savvy about Diabetes Alert Dogs
I LOVE this topic and I LOVE diabetes alert dogs! I’ve met many over the past few years and I just want to take them all home! I’ve “talked” with my Westie, Hey Buddy, about learning to alert … not so sure he’s that into...
NEWS FLASH! Medicare Part D NOW COVERS OMNIPOD!!!
ANNOUNCED TODAY: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued guidance clarifying that Medicare Part D Plan Sponsors may provide coverage for products such as the Omnipod System under the Medicare Part D (prescription drug) program. ...
Happy New Year 2018 … Time to Change your Lancet?
Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2018! Is it time to change your lancet?
