Hi Judy!
It hasn't gone into effect yet but the Dexcom G5 continuous glucose monitor has been approved by Medicare just this month.
https://testguessandgo.com/2017/01/16/medicare-and-cgm-coverage-love-your-receiver/
My insurance (UHC) only covers Medtronic, but since I'm a T2 I fall into an odd donut hole where it wouldn't be fully covered. So I decided that if I'm paying, I'm getting what I want!
So I pay out-of-pocket for both my Dexcom G5 and a Tandem T:Slim X2. I negotiate a cash price discount as best I can, and use the FSA (flexible spending account) for both my husband's job and mine to help pay for the cost pre-tax. It still doesn't cover all of it though and I am very lucky to be able to afford it.
It is really frustrating to be getting occlusion alarms so regularly. Have you been working with Medtronic to find out why? There are lots of things you can try to combat it: different infusion sets, angles, new "virgin" infusion sites, working on your insertion technique, changing sets more often, etc.
It hasn't gone into effect yet but the Dexcom G5 continuous glucose monitor has been approved by Medicare just this month.
https://testguessandgo.com/2017/01/16/medicare-and-cgm-coverage-love-your-receiver/
My insurance (UHC) only covers Medtronic, but since I'm a T2 I fall into an odd donut hole where it wouldn't be fully covered. So I decided that if I'm paying, I'm getting what I want!
So I pay out-of-pocket for both my Dexcom G5 and a Tandem T:Slim X2. I negotiate a cash price discount as best I can, and use the FSA (flexible spending account) for both my husband's job and mine to help pay for the cost pre-tax. It still doesn't cover all of it though and I am very lucky to be able to afford it.It is really frustrating to be getting occlusion alarms so regularly. Have you been working with Medtronic to find out why? There are lots of things you can try to combat it: different infusion sets, angles, new "virgin" infusion sites, working on your insertion technique, changing sets more often, etc.
