Posted 2 days ago to @BradP on another post:
" I am working on getting a Libre CGM though MS Medicade. I called a company and had them submit info to my medicade company and they said that they would pay it 100% BUUUUUT I had to be on Insulin and be checking my BG at least 4 time a day.
I am not on insulin but the company said if my GP doctor writes a letter explaining to medicade why I need a CGM the guy told me on the phone yesterday that he’s seen people who are not on insulin but check their BG 4 or more times a day, they actually won their case with just the doctors letter and medicade actually paid for it.
I hope he was talking about MEDICADE and not MEDICARE. But if they won their case without being on Insulin… I am sure I’ll win mine too I hope! "
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TODAY: 8/16/21
I get a call on my home phone’s voicemail saying this is my GP’s nurse and to call me back about the sensor.
I called back and got voicemail the 1st time… I gave the wrong number out so I hung up
I called again and my GP’s nurse answered and she sounded SOOO HATEFUL.
She’s like:
I talked to Susan and she refuses to sign off on your sensor. She said you are managing your diabetes with weightloss and are not on pills.
ME: Medicade said they would pay 100% no out of pocket, and the company I am going through said all Susan has to do was write a letter stating why I want one.
Her: Well, if you want one you’ll have to pay out of pocket.
ME: But I want one and Medicade agreed to pay for it!
Her: WELL YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO TALK TO SUSAN ABOUT THAT IN SEPTEMBER!
I wanted to hang up right then… But said FINE! in the most politest way I could and then I said thanks and hung up.
I didn’t even get to tell her why I wanted one. I wrote a whole list down on paper over the weekend of why I think a CGM would do me good.
The nurses aid just kept cutting me off… She was a real B****!!!
I am about ready to find a new GP. The one I am seeing Susan is just a NP… She’s not even an RN or anything and prob has NO idea about diabetes except the basics. I mean this woman didn’t even give me any pamphlets about diabetes and what to expect when I was first diagnosed! All that was said was "stay away from bread, sugar, pasta and I called you in some pills, and you need to go pick them up from CVS! "
I feel defeated and depressed… I really really really thought this NP would be okay with me wanting to better myself and keep control and a tight reign of my diabetes!
And when it comes to blood work at this doctors office… This NP doesn’t give you any print out’s with the test results so I can see my numbers myself. She just walks in with a computer and says: " your ________ was a little high", " _______ is elevated", Your A1C is ______ etc.
I want to see the damn numbers myself in black and white!
Any idea’s on what to do next besides find a new doctor?