| funny that I found this thread.... I'm currently fighting with HIP healthplan of New York to approve the Minimed CBGM...
they denied me when I asked for it so I sent a letter to their Grievance and Appeal Dept (along with letter of medical necessity from my Endo and a letter from my stating I ended up in the ER from a hypoglycemic seizure resulting from hypounawarenes)
I called them up to find out the status and they said it was denied... I should be getting the official letter as to why shortly and will post what they said...
the lady on the phone basically summed it up as... They say they'll cover it for a one time use for like 10 days... so you could get your patterns and be done with it.... are they nuts? I had a hypoglycemic seizure because of hypounawarenes and I need thing thing ALL the time to make sure I dont bottom out at night..... what are these people smoking? The nurse from the DME dept actually said
"Why do you need to know what your sugar is every minute?"
I said "Would you rather me do 30 fingersticks per day?" I'm an RN myself...and found her to be a total moron...
I'll wait for the letter and post what they said here.... in the meantime my Endo is going to have me try the system for the 10 days that they DO cover it for....  | 
