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

Thu Apr 4 02:54:19 UTC 2019

Dar,

It's for Dexcom supplies through Cosco, not test strips or Libre supplies.

Bridgit

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina via Diabetes-Talk
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom. This is just weird!

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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