Re: [IP] Medicare & insulin
Gilda - your explanation helps understand the payment for insulin when an
infusion pump is used - treating it as an infusion drug. I live in Chandler
and saved the Walgreen's Part B billing phone # (someone on IP had shared
the Walgreen's Medicare Part B billing phone # in Illinois). They were very
helpful and my insulin is now filled at my local Walgreen's under Part B
(and with my BC/BS supplement I have no co-pay either). When I was having
problems with CVS (I think they stopped accepting Medicare assignment) I
didn't even think to try Target. Thankfully I had kept the phone # for the
Walgreen's billing and they worked with my pharmacy. WALGREEN'S BILLING,
Danville IL, 1-888-281-0590, Part B Medicare Billing.
Shirley, dx age 5, 1954; Animas 1250 Sept. 2005; Animas Ping, Oct. 2010
On , Gilda Harris <email @ redacted> wrote:
> Filing for insulin used for pumps is very different than for other rx's
> under Medicare. Under part B which covers DME, infusion equipment is
> covered along with the infusion drugs. Most pharmacies do not know how to
> file for this; it is a multiple step process to get it going. I have run
> into brick walls at Walgreen's in Phoenix because they insisted all rx's
> under Medicare are filed under D. I get my insulin at Target - they know
> how to file it under B. The Target pharmacists work hand in hand
> nationally
> and if one of their pharmacists needs this specific training, they know
> where to call. I have the original Medicare A, B and D plus the AARP
> supplement. Pump insulin costs zero.
> Gilda, pumping 12 yrs, Cozmo
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