[Diabetes-talk] New ways?

[Tamera]

I guess I missed your post. Well what I have not agreed with is the  items 
ADS and others want to send me when I do not request them. My main thing I 
need are my strips, and if I choose another resources lancets etc, that 
should be my call and not the  suppliers choice to send me stuff when I did 
not request it. for instance they sent me a new lancet device and batteries 
last time, I can provide my own batteries and have a drawer of various 
lancing devices. And a log book.. I could write anything in there if I 
wanted too? So its hard to imagine the extra cost of sending out new meters 
and returning the used one every 3 months would be cost effective. And no, I 
am not on Medicare either.

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From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:12 AM
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] New ways?

> I had posted this prior to convention.
>
> Depending on the pharmacy they may be audited by Medicare. Not all 
> pharmacies will be doing this, but and we don't like it much, but Medicare 
> is cracking down on how much is being ordered.
>
> We also may not like the fact that pharmacies as well as people who use 
> the strips are not always, shall we say, the nicest people in the bunch.
>
> People make money off of the medical supplies and prescription drugs.
>
> So, yes, you pharmacy can ask you to do this. They will also be asking you 
> dr for this information as well, meaning proof and not just taking the dr 
> word for it.
>
> Sorry it is just the world we live in.
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>  From: Tamera<mailto:fidano at comcast.net>
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>  I was due to reorder my strips and was told that a few months ago a new 
> practice began, we must  either send our log books to the  supplier, or 
> send them the meter in use for a new one each  3 months to prove the 
> amount of times we are checking. Is this accurate?
>  Seems my doctors RX should be enough, but with all the  changes in the 
> medical world, I wondered about this new practice?
>  Tamera
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