[w5wjp]

I just checked with my insurance company, TriCare, and it looks like they WILL cover a Navigator! At least, they have a "continuous invasive glucose monitor" on their approved list. My initial cost will be about $208 and $234 for 3 months worth of sensors. Now I just need to come up with a "medical necessity"......might need to get a bit creative here but I think I can do it.

[morrisma]

Bill,
My latest A1c just jumped up a bit like yours. That's one bit of ammo. If you go low overnight, that counts too. Lots of hypos and any ER visits count for getting this. Shame that this great tool requires really bad stuff to happen. Glad you are getting the chance to use it.
Mike

[xMenace]

Originally Posted by w5wjp

I just checked with my insurance company, TriCare, and it looks like they WILL cover a Navigator! At least, they have a "continuous invasive glucose monitor" on their approved list. My initial cost will be about $208 and $234 for 3 months worth of sensors. Now I just need to come up with a "medical necessity"......might need to get a bit creative here but I think I can do it.

Gawd, if an IDD can't 'create' a medical necessity, who can?

Stage a 2.5 hypo, collapse on the floor, wife calls 911, you lie there as long as you can - make sure a liver dump gets triggered that the hospital will have a tough time treating. then claim uncontrolled hypoglycemia! Nobody would ever be able to prove it was intentional. Add that to your 3,000 units a day and I don't see any problem

[w5wjp]

Originally Posted by xMenace

Gawd, if an IDD can't 'create' a medical necessity, who can?

Stage a 2.5 hypo, collapse on the floor, wife calls 911, you lie there as long as you can - make sure a liver dump gets triggered that the hospital will have a tough time treating. then claim uncontrolled hypoglycemia! Nobody would ever be able to prove it was intentional. Add that to your 3,000 units a day and I don't see any problem

No wife to call 911....and cat like to chat with her friends too much to trust her....

Don't really trust the local hospital that much either...last time I went there I had a severe sinus infection and ended up being dx with a heart attack.....they might have gotten right if a doctor ever looked at me.

[palefacegirl03]

Originally Posted by w5wjp

No wife to call 911....and cat like to chat with her friends too much to trust her....

Don't really trust the local hospital that much either...last time I went there I had a severe sinus infection and ended up being dx with a heart attack.....they might have gotten right if a doctor ever looked at me.

We can stage it at our next DFW lunch. You want to go to HCA or Memorial? Jan and I can pretend we no nothing about diabetes and just wait for the paramedics

[frige]

Doctors hate insurance companies.
I'd be surprised if your doctor didnt check enough boxes to indicate necessity.

[ludo]

Hi everybody,

I'm a new user of the forum, I come from France, and I will test the Navigator in July (because it isn't yet on the market at the moment here) and I would have opinions about this. Is somebody using it ?

thanks for your answers!

[dottielove]

Hi everybody--I am hot to trot w/ the Freestyle Navigator, tho it means paying for a new pump. After the failure of the Glucowatch, I hope this'll be great. I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthSelect and they've always been good about paying. Dottie Love