# Medicare Dexcom restrictions

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare-dexcom-restrictions/2121>\
**Category:** C/GM\
**Tags:** dexcom, insurance\
**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare-dexcom-restrictions/2121 "2017-09-22T16:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare-dexcom-restrictions/2121/21 "2018-06-12T14:24:40Z")

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Here’s the official statement from medicare. It states that the use of phones and share/follow will no longer be prohibited, under the theory that if a receiver is the DME, adding a second bluetooth device such as a phone does not cause the receiver to no longer be DME. Thus sensors can still be covered as supplies for the DME. The new policy is not yet in effect: “The Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors will issue a revised policy article in the near future, at which time the published change will be effective.”

[https://www.cms.gov/Center/Provider-Type/Durable-Medical-Equipment-DME-Center.html](https://www.cms.gov/Center/Provider-Type/Durable-Medical-Equipment-DME-Center.html)

Presumably this means that a pump such as the t:slim X2 could be used as a second device; we’ll have to wait until the official policy comes out to see. Maybe they will allow a pump-only system since the pump is DME. But from the current statement I don’t think they will allow a phone-only system. In any case, the receiver is useful for restarting the sensor and/or transmitter with the “microwave technique.”… [http://seemycgm.com/2018/06/11/restarting-g6-sensors-and-transmitter/](http://seemycgm.com/2018/06/11/restarting-g6-sensors-and-transmitter/)

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