[Diabetes-talk] medicare?

[cheryl echevarria]

no they are not, you need to make sure you doctor indicates how many times a day you are testing, some medicare suppliers as well as your doctor will ask to see from time to time that you are testing more then 3 times a day for medicare to continue to pay for more than 3 times a day.

A lot of people on this list have no idea.  Since I still work as a medical insurance biller part time to pay for my bills with the travel agency, that is how medicare works, just keep track of how many times a day you are doing it, and your numbes.

Really, some people don't know what they are talking about.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Freeman<mailto:k7uij at panix.com> 
  To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind<mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:41 PM
  Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] medicare?


  Yup! That's about the size of it, at least according to rumors coming my way. Pretty crappy logic, I should say! It's not a policy calculated to encourage good diabetic care. There are those who will say: "What do you expect of Obama-care" but such political rhetoric would be misplaced. IMO private insurers are becoming just as paternalistic. For years, I've argued with meter manufacturers, trying to get them to allow the user to delete specific records in the interest of maintaining the accuracy of their testing results when some tests are invalid. Yet said manufacturers are reluctant to allow this, not only because they fear users will fudge their results but also because insurers are beginning to insist upon strict accountability for strip usage in the face of strip-trading on eBay and Craig's List.

  How diabetes care-givers can prattle on about the necessity for patients to manage their own care while allowing such nonsense is beyond my ken!

  Mike

  On Jun 17, 2011, at 14:20, Debbie Fredericks <catdancing at sbcglobal.net<mailto:catdancing at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:

  > what happened with medicare paying for test strips? are they only paying to test 3 times a day now?
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