[Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice not being paid by the HMOs

[cheryl echevarria]

well, I am also a Medical Insurance Specialist and anything is possible.

Medicare will not deny it,  but that is why I posted it out there, I mean we 
have a few people who work for these companies on this list, let them answer 
us on this issue.

Cheryl Echevarria
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Meyer" <datemeyer at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice not being paid by the HMOs


> Cheryl,
>
> I don't know if this would make any difference or not.  As I'm sure you
> know, all HMOs are not created equal and that some of them in fact try to
> get out of paying for whatever they can get out of.
>
> That said, when I had to replace my glucose meter almost two years ago, I
> told my doctor to write on the referral that the Prodigy Voice was the 
> only
> completely accessible glucose meter presently out there and that without 
> it,
> I could not test independently, nor could I monitor test results.  Taking
> that approach worked for me.
>
> The unfortunate reality in my opinion is that so long as insurance 
> companies
> continue to play games with our lives, we must sometimes stretch the truth 
> a
> little to get what we want or need.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:19 AM
> To: diabetes-talk
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Voice not being paid by the HMOs
>
> I had brought this up in October when I returned from the State Convention
> of NY.
>
> I was told by a Vendor of the Prodigy Voice who is affiliated with 
> Advanced
> Diabetic Solutions, by the way I was told that they are going to be a 
> vendor
> at both this year's convention and next year's as well.
>
> The Vendors had mentioned that the HMOs such as HIP, Aetna, United
> Healthcare, were not paying for the prodigy voice and others because these
> companies feel that these are a fad and that they shouldn't have to pay 
> for
> them.
>
> I again ask if Tina Rockwell is on the talk list yet, to let us know this 
> so
> that we can possibly put action in motion.  Sue and Cy Fetzner who are the
> ones who Represented Advanced Diabetic Solutions as the Convention they 
> also
> do great diabetic shoes, I just got my pair, better then the other vendor 
> we
> had in Dallas in 2008.
>
> This is a very serious issue and should be worked on as a whole, once we
> find out exactly what is going on.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> Independent Contractor
> www.Echevarriatravel.com
> 1-866-580-5574
> Reservations at echevarriatravel.com
> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel 
> CST-1018299-10
>
>
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