MiniMed Flex gains Medicare coverage
By HME News Staff
Updated 10:25 AM CDT, Wed July 22, 2026
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries now have access to the MiniMed Flex insulin pump system and its latest sensor portfolio, MiniMed has announced. "Managing diabetes is relentless and no one should have to do it without the best tools available," said Que Dallara, CEO of MiniMed. "Ensuring Medicare access to MiniMed Flex is about making sure more people can benefit from technology that fits into daily life and takes some of the burden off their shoulders. Everyone deserves that regardless of age." MiniMed Flex is the company’s smallest and only app-controlled insulin pump system. It is about half the size of previous MiniMed pumps and roughly the size of two stacked insulin vials, while still holding 300 units of insulin. The system uses the same SmartGuard technology as the MiniMed 780G system to automatically adjust insulin delivery every five minutes, day and night. MiniMed pointed to real-world evidence presented at the 86th American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions showing that Medicare beneficiaries using the MiniMed 780G system exceeded ADA-recommended glycemic targets. The MiniMed Flex system is currently available in the United States with the Simplera Sync sensor and will be available with the Instinct sensor, made by Abbott, later this summer.
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