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01-04-2013 at 10:00 AM
ANA6
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Can I please get a Doctor with common sense (Vent)

So I was diagnosed recently with GD, when I saw the Dietitian Wed. she gave me a metor with enough supplies to test for 2 days. One of my doctors sent in the script for supplies to a company way out of state, they told me the metor would not be at my house till late next week.

 So as recommended by my Dietitian I called my insurance, to find out if there was a local supplier. Turns out there were several, so I called my Doctor and told them what my insurance said. I found as well that my local pharmacy was one of them.

So the fill in Doctor "M" called in the script after I spoke to him telling him that I needed strips, lancets, and a refill for prenatals. About 2 hours later I called CVS they said they recived a script for prenatals that arent't covered by my insurance and test strips for a OneTouch metor, which I told him I had a Freestyle. My insurance also doesn't cover OneTouch. I called back aggrivated, I explained to the triage nurse what "M" had sent in, she said she would correct it and call me back. About 3 hours later she calls me and informed me that she verified that the Vitamins were covered, but due to CVS's system being down for medical supplies they couldn't fill the Strips and lancets yet.

I just called CVS to see if they system was back up, which they said yes. I asked since they don't seem to call me anymore if my script was filled. She checked and said yes the Freestyle strips are filled, I asked her well what about the Lancets? She said they didn't have a script for them. I told her that the doctor sent in a script with both Lancets and Strips on it, she checked and said the script only said strips. I told her that is stupid, a lot of good that does me if I have the strips but nothing to poke my finger with. 

So now I am waiting on a fill in doctor to call back to correct this.

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01-04-2013 at 10:30 AM
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You can buy lancets over the counter, just FYI
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01-04-2013 at 10:39 AM
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CAMOnurse:
You can buy lancets over the counter, just FYI

I know, but right now I can't. We have to watch what we spend since I'm not working now due to complications.  
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01-04-2013 at 11:00 AM
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Probably not the best advice, but after scrolling around diabetes forums, I saw that most people reuse lancets.  I go about 4 days without changing and it doesn't make a difference.  You don't clean them or anything because they have some lube on them--just don't change them.  Also, lancets are a lot less expensive than strips, so maybe you could afford.
 
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01-04-2013 at 11:14 AM
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None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.
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01-04-2013 at 12:00 PM
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mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

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01-04-2013 at 12:10 PM
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Why pay for them in insurance covers them?
 
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01-04-2013 at 12:18 PM
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mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

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Andplusalso, your doctor doesn't physically call it in.  Usually it's a nurse or other office assistant.  The dr just writes the orders for it.
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01-04-2013 at 12:40 PM
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PeanutR1:
mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

This.  

Except for the harsh sounding last sentence, I agree. I'm a nurse and patients seem to expect that I know all about every insurance out there...nope, I deal with the medical crap, there are people that deal with the financial part, and that's not me.

The fill in doc was probably comfortable with the out of town supplier, but when that was unacceptable they had to go with the unfamiliar, and then had to jump through the hoops of the supplier/insurance/etc.
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01-04-2013 at 12:55 PM
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sucrets4:
mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

This.

Andplusalso, your doctor doesn't physically call it in.  Usually it's a nurse or other office assistant.  The dr just writes the orders for it.

Idk why the nurse didn't, but their policy is the Doctor has to do it. My regular Doctor called me this morning and apologized. He has a lot of fresh resident doctors in the practice since he's linked to the hospital. He was kind of shocked since they didn't write the script properly. My insurance has to have a hard copy from the pharmacy, but the doctor did call it in too. Some how they still mange to screw up my b/p meds too,dr has it on fill with refills, but the script they sent over said authorization required.  
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01-04-2013 at 12:58 PM
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sararn2004:
PeanutR1:
mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

This.  

Except for the harsh sounding last sentence, I agree. I'm a nurse and patients seem to expect that I know all about every insurance out there...nope, I deal with the medical crap, there are people that deal with the financial part, and that's not me.

The fill in doc was probably comfortable with the out of town supplier, but when that was unacceptable they had to go with the unfamiliar, and then had to jump through the hoops of the supplier/insurance/etc.

 

the nurses just handle the vitals, every time i've been given a new script he calls it in in front of me. There are only 3 nurses to 10 doctors which I can't explain.  
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01-04-2013 at 1:01 PM
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brachysira:
Probably not the best advice, but after scrolling around diabetes forums, I saw that most people reuse lancets.  I go about 4 days without changing and it doesn't make a difference.  You don't clean them or anything because they have some lube on them--just don't change them.  Also, lancets are a lot less expensive than strips, so maybe you could afford.

The only reason, I don't do this is because of habit I work in medical or did, and when we did meds, state regulations don't let us do this. Plus 10 lancets only last so long. 
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01-04-2013 at 1:02 PM
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mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

 

most doctors typically know what insurance covers what meds, my insurance covers the lancets. If they cover it I'm not going to spend money I don't have. 
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01-04-2013 at 1:04 PM
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inhisname2010:
Why pay for them in insurance covers them?

i agree my insurance covers all testing supplies 100% .  
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01-04-2013 at 1:10 PM
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I love posts where the OP tries to make others sound bad, but has so many spelling mistakes that she just ends up looking like the idiot...
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01-04-2013 at 1:10 PM
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sararn2004:
PeanutR1:
mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

This.  

Except for the harsh sounding last sentence, I agree. I'm a nurse and patients seem to expect that I know all about every insurance out there...nope, I deal with the medical crap, there are people that deal with the financial part, and that's not me.

The fill in doc was probably comfortable with the out of town supplier, but when that was unacceptable they had to go with the unfamiliar, and then had to jump through the hoops of the supplier/insurance/etc.

 

 the fill didn't write the script for the out of state supplier, my regular doctor did. He wrote the script for the wrong type he wrote it for Onetouch informed him I had a free style. He had no issue with CVS, he's not really a fill in so to say I just don't see him I see the same person every time.

I just think its crazy that the manufactures only put enough stuff in the box for 2 days of testing, most insurance like mine require a supplier for the testing supplies and they take a week from what I've seen. 
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01-04-2013 at 1:11 PM
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ByeByeBooze:
I love posts where the OP tries to make others sound bad, but has so many spelling mistakes that she just ends up looking like the idiot...
 

if my spelling is off spell check must be wrong on an iPad??  Plus I'm human not a grammar robot. I've seen worse errors on her in the past few months, they no one could give a care about. 
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01-04-2013 at 1:15 PM
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ANA6:
mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

 

most doctors typically know what insurance covers what meds, my insurance covers the lancets. If they cover it I'm not going to spend money I don't have. 

In what world?  There are too many insurance companies, variances in policies, and differences in coverages for them to know that.

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01-04-2013 at 2:08 PM
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mabenner1:
ANA6:
mabenner1:

None of that is your doctor's fault. Your doctor isn't responsible for knowing the ins and outs of your prescription insurance coverage. And like PPs said, you can get the lancets OTC. It isn't your doctor's fault you can't afford them.

 

most doctors typically know what insurance covers what meds, my insurance covers the lancets. If they cover it I'm not going to spend money I don't have. 

In what world?  There are too many insurance companies, variances in policies, and differences in coverages for them to know that.

This. OP is just clueless here.  
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01-04-2013 at 8:02 PM
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My insurance doesn't cover lancets or strips at all. To be honest, of all testing supplies, the strips are the most expensive. Before getting pregnant, I had to manage diabetes for 4 years without insurance. I was on a 70/30 combination insulin because you can get it over the counter at Walmart for 25 bucks, either Humulin or Novolin brand depending on what they use as their generic at the time, and they have a meter (Reli-On Prime) that strips only cost 9 bucks for a box of 50. I reuse lancets, usually the same one for about a week, which is probably a bad habit but I haven't gotten tetanus yet so I guess we're good. It sucks that you're having difficulties with insurance, but it would probably be best for you to print out a list of what your insurance covers and have your doctor add it to your chart so that you don't have this problem in the future and know that you do have affordable options to tide you over in the meantime.
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