Why Ins. Companies Deny CGM Devices for People With Diabetes?
July 17, 2010 - 1:27 pm
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When we learned about the news that another person with diabetes had been turned down in her request to her insurance company to cover her CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) system, we had to raise our voice:
http://sixuntilme.com/blog2/2008/06/firstlevel_appeal_letter_re_de.html
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July 17th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Fighting to get a …
Fighting to get a CGMS is so worth it. I’ve been on a Dexcom for about 2 months now and have been able to change some nightime basals with GREAT results.
Keep fighting. In time the insurance companies will wake up and smell the coffee.
July 17th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Brilliant Video! …
Brilliant Video! After a 2 year battle with the insurance companies, we finally got it covered we finally got it covered. Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Massachusetts BCBS finally cover it effective 6-1-09 when BCBS broadly changed their policy to cover it. We are just getting started with the CGM, and it is helping. Thanks for the video. I hope your insurance company covers it soon, as the trend seems to be in this direction thanks in part to people like yourself who advocate for it.
July 17th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I hope that this …
I hope that this appeal went through for her. A CGMS is a lifesaving device and should NEVER be denied by insurance. I can’t imagine NOT using it!!!
July 17th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I am a current …
I am a current Medtronic Minimed 722 pump wearer who has had three docs write letters to our insurance company requesting coverage for CGMS. It has been denied 3 times after a review committee has deemed it unnecessary because I have a hemoglobin A1c of 6 and no complications. I have been diabetic for 40 yrs (since age 2) and would like to remain complication free another 40 yrs. Some insurances do cover it in my state. I will go as far as I can to get coverage for myself and others.
July 17th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Why would you think …
Why would you think any insurance company do the right thing ? You make sense-they don’t
DrMDK
July 17th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Same here! Actually …
Same here! Actually I went to my endo and I asked her to please sign the something that would give the cgm and the supply’s for my minimed 722 insulin pump. She said even though if i signed it they wouldn’t go through with it because they find it as more of a convenience! But I am amazed that my 8 thousand dollar pump was paid fully by the insurance company. Now if they could pay for a $8,000 insulin pump why cant they pay for a $800 cgm? By the way it was going through the insurinceforpump