Dexcom G6 via Pharmacy/Drug Benefits

Thomas
Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:02:41 +0000
C/GM

We have been getting Dexcom supplies from Distributors and direct from Dexcom (sometimes one sometimes the other) for about seven years now. These supplies are run through the DME portion of our Health Insurance.

For reasons better detailed in other threads (please don’t hijack this thread) our attempts to obtain a new sensor order were going extremely poorly with no indication of any movement.

I thought this would be a good opportunity to try getting the Dexcom G6 supplies from our local Pharmacy (national chain) via our Pharmacy/Drug/PBM benefits.

Tuesday:

I walked in to Pharmacy with G6 NDC codes for transmitter and sensor and asked if they could order them. Pharmacist Tech looked them up and said yes. I provided the page from Dexcom with the NDC codes.

I checked current version of our PBM Drug List dated effective as of this year. Verified Dexcom G6 is listed per PBM.

I logged in to the online portal for our Endocrinologist and sent a message asking for our Endo to send a new script for the G6 sensor and G6 transmitter to our local Pharmacy. I provided the example of how Dexcom shows to write the script. I told the Doc we only wanted transmitter and sensor but did not want nor need a receiver.

Wednesday:

Doc electronically sent a new prescription to the pharmacy and FYI’d me back that the script had been sent.

Pharmacy sent me a txt msg indicating they were out of stock for the Dexcom supplies.

Thursday:

Pharmacy sent me a txt msg letting me know the supplies were in and ready for pickup.

I picked up one G6 Transmitter and one box of G6 sensors (three sensors in the box). Good dates on all supplies.

No issues of any kind including no insurance issues.

This was easy. And extremely low stress.

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