[Diabetes-Talk] question about upgrading to the G6 with Medicare

[blindhands at aol.com]

Just a note:

I was told by my distributor that Medicare put a freeze on approving Dexcom
request for the G6 until January 2020.  They said that Dexcom got swamped
with orders for the G6 transmitters and had delays in getting them out.
Medicare figured by holding off until Jan. 1, 2020 Dexcom will be able to
plan for having enough on hand.

The distributor told me that it depends on when you need to reorder the
transmitter after Jan 1, they will fill the order with the Dexcom g6.

So you might want to wait a little bit before you move forward on this.

Joyce 

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica
Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 4:32 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] question about upgrading to the G6 with
Medicare

You need to call and chat with the Medicare division. Then you need your
doctor and your local Dexcom rep to go to bat for you. No guarantees, but
that's where I would start.
Veronica


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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Doula Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 11:53 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Doula Jarboe
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] question about upgrading to the G6 with Medicare

Hi All,
 Veronica, I know you have a good deal of experience with dealing with
Dexcom and Medicare. Of course, anyone's ideas would be appreciated.
So, I just received a new transmitter for my G5, and seem to remember that
upgrades to the G6 for people with Medicare would be happening throughout
this year. When I asked the person who was filling my order in customer
service about when I would be eligibble for upgrading to the G6, his
response was I had to wait until everything I had with the G5's warransies
have expired. That would mean December, since the Receiver has a one year
warranty. Is there any way of getting around this, or someone else within
the company I could possibly contact?
Because, I do have a challenging time sometimes with doing the finger sticks
for checking my glucose with a regular meter. Also, with having stage 3
kidney disease, the only pain killer type meds I'm allowed to take are
tylenol and aspirin. And with the G5 I do sometimes get weird sugar bounces
when I take Tylenol. Very rarely any more do I have sensors fail on me, but
I know in the past when I have, that's one of the first questions they ask
is about taking tylenol, since it still has an impact on the G5. Thanks so
much for whatever help you have.
Doula

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