# Freestyle Libre 2 and Medicare criteria change

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-2-and-medicare-criteria-change/11753>\
**Category:** wiki2\
**Tags:** cgm\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-2-and-medicare-criteria-change/11753 "2021-08-24T01:15:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Penningdcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Penningdcp](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Penningdcp)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-2-and-medicare-criteria-change/11753/1 "2021-08-24T01:15:05Z")

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Apparently Medicare loosened restrictions re criteria for coverage in 2021. DME providers are aggressively marketing assistance to provide. Anyone have any observations?

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**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-2-and-medicare-criteria-change/11753/2 "2021-08-24T02:12:01Z")

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Here is ADA info on medicare and cgm recent announcement.

[https://diabetes.org/healthy-living/devices-technology/cgm-medicare-coverage-requirement-change-accessibility#:~](https://diabetes.org/healthy-living/devices-technology/cgm-medicare-coverage-requirement-change-accessibility#:~)

The diabetes community is celebrating a huge win! Beginning on July 18, 2021, Medicare will permanently eliminate the requirement of the four-time-daily fingerstick in order to qualify for coverage of a continuous glucose monitor (CGM).

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**Author:** ![CarlosLuis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carlosluis/32/11389_2.png) [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-2-and-medicare-criteria-change/11753/3 "2021-08-24T21:25:37Z")

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> [@MM2](#):
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> Medicare will permanently eliminate the requirement of the four-time-daily fingerstick

I couldn’t find out about the other requirement, injecting insulin 3 or 4 times per day. It is pretty much a given that if someone is on MDI they would be testing (finger stick) at least 4 times. This means they were already meeting Medicare CGM requirements.

I think that type 2 DMs that are not using insulin would benefit from CGM data. It’s hard to ignore the effect that food has on your BG when it reports every 5 minutes.