[Diabetes-talk] New ways?

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

A year ago, the pharmacist explained that I had to start turning in logs
with glucose readings when ordering test strips.  Since I keep daily
logs anyway, it wasn't a huge deal.  I guess insurance companies just
want to make sure they are paying for strips that are being used.  If
they are paying for you to test eight times a day, but in actuality are
only testing three, I suppose they, as a business, don't like that.
*smirk*

I just use an Excel spreadsheet to log my readings, and the pharmacist
said this was okay.

However, in recent months, I keep forgetting to bring a print out of my
readings and it hasn't been a problem.  So I'm not entirely sure what
the reasoning is behind this.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog for Live Well Nebraska.com at
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tamera
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 1:01 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] New ways?


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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