Here’s the latest.
I want an IR1250 from Animas. Why, the carb counter for 500 foods you most often eat is built into the pump. Having to carry around a Palm pilot all the time to do the calculations has gotten to be a pain. So, I want one.
I’m now on Blue Cross Blue Shield, and I contacted my sales rep, who had me contact someone who is expert on pursuing denials and she told me since I was on a PPO, they had to ship the pump, then get approval and they ate the cost if it was denied. Okay, I can deal with that. Oh, man, can I deal with that, after the HMO thing, of waiting forever for the denial, getting the pump and waiting months for more denial.
So I sent in all the paperwork, got shifted to a different person than before, which might be a good thing, and get an email that he sent the pre-certification paperwork on Feb 04. I’m like what, I thought they said it didn’t grow through that.
So I emailed the person I emailed about this first, and said since it had been less than 2 years, it was “inside Animas” and had to be pre-certified, but just because it got pre-certified doesn’t mean they will pay for it.
Well, now I’m waiting on that — though I don’t think the 1250 is shipping yet. I’d love to have it before we go to Monte Carlo, but that all depends on insurance and when they are shipping.
The weirdest thing, is though they have issued press releases there is still nothing on the website about the 1250.