Guest guest Posted January 2, 1997 Report Share Posted January 2, 1997 My current Rx is based upon 4 strips/day. The original rx was for 1 box of 50. My insurance co has a policy that each co-pay can't be for more than 34 days and they will not cover any rx filled more than 2-3 days before the calculated supply runs out. Of course, they round out numbers in THEIR favor. They will only approve 1 box of 100 strips per $10 copay, even though a 34 day supply calculates out to 136. They will allow me to reorder and pay another co-pay every 25 days. BTW, I don't test 4 times every day. Since my bs levels stay pretty stable, I check only fasting and a spot 2 hr pp reading after my largest meal. Other days, I try something new and test every 15 - 30 minutes for 2-3 hours to see how a food or food combination affects me. My strip usage averages out to the 4/day. Up until this last year, I had meager rx coverage..only $500 total drug cap (including DM supplies) with higher co-pays. I always reached that amount by March. Now, my insurance rates are MUCH higher, but the drug cap (which includes DM supplies) is now $2000. The ins co also shrunk the drug formulary...I used to take a 5 mg. protective dose of an ACE Inhibitor, prinivil, but that has now been replaced with Lotensin. Carol T Website for Diabetes International: http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int Hi All, Sorry I have been lurking for awhile. I have been fighting Diabetic complications for the last year more so than ever. I have had 5 strokes. Now they found a mass/cyst on my left kidney while doing an MRI of my lower back... Plus other medical problems. But to the answer to this question about test strips. I have my Doctor's office call a Medical supply house that my insurance accepts, with NO CO-Payments to me, Calls in for 400 test strips for 3 months and 400 lancets, 400 B-D syringes and the testing controls. I do test 4-5 times a day, but when I was sick I had tested a min. of 6 times a day. You have to do some research and look for diabetic warehouses I call them and talk to them and they will tell you if your insurance is accepted and how to get what you need. Earl Medic304@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2001 Report Share Posted May 31, 2001 In a message dated 5/30/01 8:16:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, woodduckflds@... writes: > What are you allowed a month? I got a script for 400 strips but the > insurance would only fill 200 at a time. My current Rx is based upon 4 strips/day. The original rx was for 1 box of 50. My insurance co has a policy that each co-pay can't be for more than 34 days and they will not cover any rx filled more than 2-3 days before the calculated supply runs out. Of course, they round out numbers in THEIR favor. They will only approve 1 box of 100 strips per $10 copay, even though a 34 day supply calculates out to 136. They will allow me to reorder and pay another co-pay every 25 days. BTW, I don't test 4 times every day. Since my bs levels stay pretty stable, I check only fasting and a spot 2 hr pp reading after my largest meal. Other days, I try something new and test every 15 - 30 minutes for 2-3 hours to see how a food or food combination affects me. My strip usage averages out to the 4/day. Up until this last year, I had meager rx coverage..only $500 total drug cap (including DM supplies) with higher co-pays. I always reached that amount by March. Now, my insurance rates are MUCH higher, but the drug cap (which includes DM supplies) is now $2000. The ins co also shrunk the drug formulary...I used to take a 5 mg. protective dose of an ACE Inhibitor, prinivil, but that has now been replaced with Lotensin. Carol T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2001 Report Share Posted May 31, 2001 In a message dated 5/30/01 10:17:15 PM Central Daylight Time, woodduckflds@... writes: << What are you allowed a month? I got a script for 400 strips but the insurance would only fill 200 at a time. >> My script was for 200....had no trouble after the first year. Before that they would not cover it because my AC1 were so good...had to show them the first one at 11...before they would cover them!!! ressy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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