[Diabetes-talk] DDI Products Covered in Illinois and Missouri

[Frye, Dan]

Colleagues:
 
I received the following information from DDI's public relations office.
If you have seen this, please disregard the duplicate circulation; if
not, I hope this detail will prove helpful. We will consider the
appropriateness of this release for the Braille Monitor, but I wanted
list participants to know of this as soon as possible:
 
CONTACT: Pete Bosak

Diagnostic Devices, Inc.

704-285-6409

peteb at prodigymeter.com

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Diagnostic Devices, Inc.'s low-cost Prodigy(tm) blood glucose meters now
Medicaid-covered in Illinois and Missouri

DDI's Prodigy(tm) line of blood glucose meters and test strips now even
more accessible

 

 

Charlotte, N.C. - July 29, 2009 - Diagnostic Devices, Inc. (DDI) has
signed contracts with the states of Illinois and Missouri that will
result in its Prodigy(tm) line of blood glucose monitoring systems and
test strips being covered under Medicaid in those states.

 

With the agreements announced by the Charlotte-based manufacturer,
Prodigy(tm) meters - including audible, auto-code and multilingual blood
glucose testing monitors - will help even more people to live well with
diabetes.

 

"And we will continue working with other states for coverage under their
Medicaid programs, and to demonstrate to them the savings Illinois and
Missouri taxpayers will realize with the Prodigy family of products,"
said Rick Admani Abulhaj, DDI's chief operating officer.

 

"We're thrilled that we were able to get on board with both Illinois and
Missouri Medicaid," said Mike Tickle, DDI's senior director of Pharmacy
Benefit Management and Major Retail Chains. "With our innovative
technologies, we're providing cost-effective diabetes management tools
that will now also benefit the taxpayers of these two states."

 

A recent study by University of Florida PharmD candidates found the
"talking" feature of the Prodigy(tm) AutoCode meter made a "significant
improvement" in overall diabetes control and compliance among patients
who took part.

 

The Prodigy(tm) Voice meter for blind or low-vision diabetes patients
has won awards from both the National Federation of the Blind and the
American Foundation for the Blind.

 

 

About Diagnostic Devices, Inc.

 

Diagnostic Devices, Inc. (DDI) is a privately owned company
headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. DDI develops, manufactures and markets
innovative technology-based diabetes products, with a focus on
blood-glucose meters. DDI's Prodigy(tm) product line offers "talking"
meters especially beneficial to the sight-impaired diabetic community.
Additional information about DDI can be found online at
www.prodigymeter.com <http://www.prodigymeter.com/> , or by calling
1-800-366-5901.

 

MNR 01-7/28/09

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