[Diabetes-Talk] Questions Re Medicare Coverage of DexcomG5 System.

Mon Aug 21 16:47:38 UTC 2017

I now have private coverage, but I used Medicare for years, and my doctor never had to submit BG logs. Now, the pharmacy did, but they haven't asked for logs in a long time, even before I switched to private coverage.

Bridgit

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Well, believe it or not, like it or not, in fact my doctor does have to submit my BG log that I bring into him for coverage of both my testing equipment/supplies and for coverage on the pump stuff as well! That’s all Medicares rules. So much for the patient privacy act! What a load of crap.

Eileen

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Eileen, I haven't spent a lot of time with the receiver but the quick answer on calibrating and uploading to and from the receiver is that I couldn't do it. Even sighted people say it's harder than the phone. I also ran into some confusion about whether or not it registers data in both places. I know in earlier versions people complained that if they used the receiver during the night, they had a huge gap in the phone data. 
As for blue tooth, this is a bunch of bunk. Once you get the Dexcom, which comes with four sensors and two transmitters along with the receiver, then you have to go to the app store and download the app yourself. The only weird possibility would be using special transmitters for Medicare recipients but I'm trying to remember how the transmitter talks to the receiver. I thought it was blue tooth but now I'll have to check. But Jamie, you've spent more time with the receiver than most of us, I think. It's just back in the box over here. This is just beyond ridiculous. 
So, where's Dexcom in all of this? If this were my product, I'd be fighting really hard to straighten this out. Cowards!
Besides, I understood that Medicare wanted readings from meters to make sure that we weren't all criminals selling test strips on the black market. What in the world does the government want with Dexcom readings? After all, I don't have to send in blood work to tell anyone that my rheumatoid arthritis drug is working properly. Sheesh!
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Questions Re Medicare Coverage of DexcomG5 System.

Daniel, 

Thank you. I have just one more question. 

As a totally blind person who does not have sighted assistance readily available, can a totally blind person both calibrate the receiver & upload the data to it independently without sighted help? 

Thanks.

Eileen

From: Daniel C via Diabetes-Talk
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To answer your question, yes. And actually, to be correct, it is the transmitter not the sensor. You can pair the transmitter to the phone, and to the receiver. The data should be transferred to both when readings are taken. The only exception is calibrations. You have to calibrate the phone and the receiver both manually.
I think the only way that you'd will get in trouble, I am assuming, would be is if you only use the Phone application. And decide never to upload any data from your receiver. But I could be wrong.
As for me, my doctor has told me that I can use the Phone application, and that as long as I upload receiver data every so often, then they conclude that it should be fine.
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