[Diabetes-Talk] Somebody ground me, please?

[Veronica Elsea]

Vincent, that's interesting. I'd heard about the change and mine just
automatically seemed to fall under part D. Which pump are you using these
days?
Thanks.
Veronica


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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Vincent Chaney Jr. via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2019 7:29 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Vincent Chaney Jr.
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Somebody ground me, please?

Veronica and fellow pumpers,

The following document from the CMS.gov describes diabetes supplies and
equipment by Medicare. The wording of "insulin for an insulin pump" may have
to be included. A few years ago Medicare broke diabetes into multiple codes
without informing doctors, pharmacies, or us patients. This PDF from August
2018 says we insulin pump users are supposed to be covered under Medicare
Part B. A few years ago the Medicare changes put insulin automatically under
part D. What I did was ask my doctor to write scripts saying insulin for the
insulin pump and I spoke with my local Rite Aid pharmacy to have them change
insulin to Part B noting it's for my insulin pump. I was even reimbursed for
the copayment under part D when the correction was made.

Vincent

https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLN
MattersArticles/Downloads/SE18011.pdf