[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom. This is just weird!

Thu Apr 4 01:51:03 UTC 2019

Tell me what is $26,
I am also on humana, would this mean I would have to fight for my 
strips or what ever it is you use with them as you folks are doing/
Or would I still have to pay $300 every three months?

Original message:
> Hi Jamie,
> I am getting my Dexcom G6 transmitter from Costco because it is cheaper 
> than from Dexcom.  It is only $26.88 from Costco and they can order it 
> and have it to the store in 1 day.  I am still paying cash for my 
> Dexcom products because I am also waiting for Medicare approval and I 
> did not want to stop using the Dexcom G6 CGM.
> Warmly, Joy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 2:06 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jamie Gurganus <jamielgurganus at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom. This is just weird!

> Veronica,

> I sure hope they follow through with their intentions. I am going 
> through a similar issue with Dexcom and my new insurance, Humana. I am 
> also doing a review for how my insulin is paid for, since Humana is 
> filing it through part B since it is being infused by a pump. 
> Therefore, instead of costing me $131, it was going to cost me almost 
> $500. I told them that that was a ridiculous price that I have never 
> had to pay ever in the past and could they please figure something out. 
> They have sent a request for some kind of special authorization from my 
> doctor and will put it through their clinical review to determine the 
> end result.

> As for Dexcom, I have yet been told that my order that I started 
> processing on March 4 is able to be shipped yet. My last transmitter is 
> about ready to expire, and I have nothing to use after it is dead. It 
> is not Dexcom‘s fault though, it is all of the Medicare hoops that I 
> have to go through. As of March 26, Dexcom said that they finally have 
> all of the needed documents on file from my doctor. However, they now 
> have to submit a request for A request for approval which my doctor 
> signs, faxes it to Humana who then approves it and then let Dexcom know 
> that they can ship my order. I can’t be upset with Dexcom, since they 
> are just following the Medicare and Humana guidelines. I sure hope I 
> don’t have to go through all of this when I need my next order. I do 
> understand that I have to notify them when my transmitter gives me it’s 
> three week warning, so they can send a warranty request to my Doctor 
> Who then Hass to complete a form that goes back to Dexcom and then to 
> Humana for approval. Isn’t that the craziest thing you have ever heard? 
> Anyway, I guess I can’t complain, since I do have insurance.

> I just don’t understand how they can charge so much for insulin. It is 
> a life – saving necessity, so how can they expect someone to pay so 
> much for a vial of it? What do people who don’t have insurance do?

>     Jamie

> Sent from my iPhone

>> On Apr 2, 2019, at 3:32 PM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk 
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>> Hi everyone.
>> Okay, this is getting stranger by the day. Talk about the right hand
>> not knowing what the left hand is doing! Wow!
>> I just received a call saying that I was scheduled to receive
>> complimentary supplies until they straightened out the Medicare
>> process. They'd be sending me supplies at the end of the week. Ummm,
>> don't tell me I'll get a third receiver! I kept trying to point out
>> that someone had gone through the Medicare bit with me and told me
>> that I'd be contacted to order my next batch of supplies. I just can't
>> figure out if this group knows what the other group did. She said I
>> may not receive email notification, but I did for my first so-called
>> Medicare order. So, did all of my angles land me in pay-off? I did say
>> that they should have had a plan for those of us who were already on
>> the G6 before Medicare changed our lives. She gave me her number to
>> call next month when I need supplies. Okay, there's just only so much
>> I'm going to fuss about here. After all, I did tell them that if I
>> were running their company, I'd give me some free sensors for my 
>> agrivation. This is starting to get almost comical.
>> And the bottom line, I'm sure glad to have this. Stay tuned! Film at 6:00.
>> Sensors at 11:00, or was that tomorrow at 5:00? <grin> Veronica

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