Savvy Updates 7/26/2017:  Roche is Not Gone, Dexcom Clarity

Savvy Updates 7/26/2017: Roche is Not Gone, Dexcom Clarity

Every day, I find interesting or surprising items in my inbox! Roche partners with Senseonics, TypeZero on ‘artificial pancreas’ as reported on FierceBiotech today!  Roche is NOT GONE!  Who knew?!?!? Senseonics and TypeZero Technologies first tied up on...
ANNOUNCEMENT:  Dexcom G5 CGM and Medicare!

ANNOUNCEMENT: Dexcom G5 CGM and Medicare!

I received a call on Friday, 7/21/17 from an inside sales rep for Dexcom, to let me know that they will be selling G5 CGM directly to those covered by Medicare!  WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!  I spoke with the rep today.  He was wildly polite and...

Savvy Medicare? CMG and maybe even Hearing Aids?

Kind of fascinating … the history of Medicare’s decision to cover CGM.      Could Medicare Cover Hearing Services? reported by Shohet Ear Associates, 8 July 2017. Since the inception of the program 50 years ago, Medicare has excluded...
Savvy Debate: Is the Diabetes Industry TOO BIG to Allow a Cure?

Savvy Debate: Is the Diabetes Industry TOO BIG to Allow a Cure?

Here’s the debate: “They’re never going to cure diabetes, because there’s too much money in it.” Diabetes is big business, and as the drugs and medical devices have become more sophisticated and expensive each year – and as more people are diagnosed each day –...
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