# Insurance bounced my CGM prescription
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-bounced-my-cgm-prescription/2189
**Category:** Insurance
**Created:** [September 28, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-bounced-my-cgm-prescription/2189 "2017-09-28T01:29:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-bounced-my-cgm-prescription/2189/76 "2023-11-08T16:07:45Z")
> [@bostrav59](#):
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> Unfortunately, my Tandem pump only works with the Dexcom so we will have to appeal.
That is probably something that can be used to help you with the appeal.
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### Author:  [@bostrav59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bostrav59)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-bounced-my-cgm-prescription/2189/77 "2023-11-08T17:04:30Z")
> [@Eric](#):
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> That is probably something that can be used to help you with the appeal.
I would think so, but as we all know the insurance world is sometimes an absurd one. I’ll let you know how it plays out.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-bounced-my-cgm-prescription/2189/78 "2023-11-09T00:39:54Z")
@bostrav59,
As a related note to this…
Many years ago my insurance company tried to force me to switch to a different and cheaper type of BG test strip. (I was using the FreeStyle meter at the time).
And this was **long before** I was using a pump.
My endo at the time was really savvy and slick. The first thing he did was write a prescription for an OmniPod pump. (I did not use it or get it, but simply had it prescribed.)
Then in the appeal, he wrote that I had been prescribed the OmniPod, and it has an integrated BG meter that uses the FreeStyle strips. For that reason, the FreeStyle strips should be approved.
Simple as that, I was able to keep getting the FreeStyle strips. And his appeal was 100% truthful, which made it really cool. He explained it all to me, and I marveled at how smart he was.
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### Author:  [@bostrav59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bostrav59)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-bounced-my-cgm-prescription/2189/79 "2023-11-11T02:32:36Z")
I heard from Tufts health plan yesterday in a computer call - they have now approved the doctor’s request. So the rest of this process could be smooth sailing. That wasn’t too too bad…
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