| My A1cs before I got my pump were in the low to mid 5 range. I don't know what my insurance company's requirements are, but if a bad A1c was one of them then I would have been denied. I got those "good" results by having BGs ranging from the 20's to 200's every day. My numbers were all over the place. But, I did test my BG and log my results and my CDE took copies of those. At my very first appointment with her she recommended a pump, sent some paperwork to Minimed, who then contacted me the following week. I faxed them a short form they sent over and my pump was shipped that day. Total time between the CDE suggesting a pump and me having it in my hands was 9 days.
All insurance companies, and even different plans from the same company, are different. I have to say that I am very pleased with my HNMO and it's so much better than the "premium" POP (POS? something like that) plan I had before.
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Liz
Type 1 dx 4/1987
Minimed Paradigm 722 6/2008 + CGMS
Minimed Paradigm 715 5/2005 - 6/2008
13mm Silhouettes
Lifescan UltraSmart & UltraMini
Last A1c: 10/08/08: 5.6
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