Comments on: Insurance/Pump Supplies http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2006/12/14/insurance-pump-supplies/ Blog for the diabetics who use an insulin pump to control diabetes Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:40:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Randolph Fawn http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2006/12/14/insurance-pump-supplies/#comment-25529 Randolph Fawn Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:23:51 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2006/12/14/insurance-pump-supplies/#comment-25529 > My insurance has already approved a full year of pump > supplies. My year is up in late March. Will I still get the year of supplies or > just until the end of the year? > Connie Connie, I got to thinking that you intend to trade your 508 in on the Paradigm. Since those infusion sets will be proprietary to the Paradigm, I would not think you could *stock* up unless MM will trade in old, unused sets for the new. Something to consider when questioning. Jan (~_^) > My insurance has already approved a full year of pump
> supplies. My year is up in late March. Will I still get the year of
supplies or
> just until the end of the year?
> Connie

Connie,
I got to thinking that you intend to trade your 508 in on the Paradigm. Since
those infusion sets will be proprietary to the Paradigm, I would not think you
could *stock* up unless MM will trade in old, unused sets for the new.
Something to consider when questioning.
Jan (~_^)

]]> By: Randolph Fawn http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2006/12/14/insurance-pump-supplies/#comment-25522 Randolph Fawn Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:14:46 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2006/12/14/insurance-pump-supplies/#comment-25522 > While I was writing the previous message I was thinking about my supply coverage > after January 1. My insurance has already approved a full year of pump > supplies. My year is up in late March. Will I still get the year of supplies or > just until the end of the year? If it's just until the end of the year, can I > get the final year of supplies in December? > Connie My ins. co. at the time I got Bluda Sue paid for 1 year's supplies - 12 boxes of each. Now, how many of us use a box a month? I don't - I use one box every 4 months - therefore, I have 4 years' worth of supplies. Good thing! That ins. co. isn't ours any more either. This co. is killing us! $80 co-pay for a 90-day supply for each of about 6 of our meds is wayyyyy too much. I haven't <!--more--> needed supplies from this company as yet. ;) My thought is, as with other meds, how soon will they allow you to reorder? If there is a date limit, that will be your answer. I reuse my reservoirs as I know many others do. That saves costs. Whatever the decision is by your ins. co. or MiniMed - get names and in writing. Good Luck. (~_^) > While I was writing the previous message I was thinking about my supply
coverage
> after January 1. My insurance has already approved a full year of pump
> supplies. My year is up in late March. Will I still get the year of
supplies or
> just until the end of the year? If it’s just until the end of the year, can
I
> get the final year of supplies in December?
> Connie

My ins. co. at the time I got Bluda Sue paid for 1 year’s supplies - 12 boxes
of each. Now, how many of us use a box a month? I don’t - I use one box every
4 months - therefore, I have 4 years’ worth of supplies. Good thing! That ins.
co. isn’t ours any more either. This co. is killing us! $80 co-pay for a
90-day supply for each of about 6 of our meds is wayyyyy too much. I haven’t

needed supplies from this company as yet. ;)
My thought is, as with other meds, how soon will they allow you to reorder? If
there is a date limit, that will be your answer. I reuse my reservoirs as I
know many others do. That saves costs.

Whatever the decision is by your ins. co. or MiniMed - get names and in
writing. Good Luck. (~_^)

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