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Ascensia extends PASS program

March 14, 2024HME News Staff

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ascensia Diabetes Care and Senseonics Holdings will extend the Eversense Payment Assistance and Simple Savings (PASS) Program. Designed to help people in the U.S. access the Eversense E3 CGM System more affordably, the program offers major savings for eligible individuals looking to experience the unique benefits of the only long-term CGM system available. Eligible individuals will pay only $99 out of pocket for an unlimited number of six-month Eversense E3 systems under...

Ascensia Diabetes Care, Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), Diabetes, Eversense, Senseonics


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Dexcom to introduce OTC glucose sensor

March 6, 2024HME News Staff

SAN DIEGO – Dexcom has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Stelo by Dexcom, a continuous glucose monitor that will be available for people with Type 2 diabetes without a prescription. “Dexcom continues to lead innovation in the CGM market, with a long list of first-in-market advances,” said Jake Leach, executive vice president and COO. “Dexcom was the first to connect CGM to multiple insulin delivery devices, the first to connect CGM to a...

Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), Dexcom, Diabetes, Stelo


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Active medical supplies market full of evolution

March 1, 2024John Andrews

For sheer volume, the medical supplies category tops the HME industry in terms of breadth and depth of product options. It encompasses several categories, including urology, ostomy, wound care, enteral nutrition, incontinence, breast pumps, CPAP and diabetes management supplies, including continuous glucose monitors.  While this may seem unwieldy, it represents a smorgasbord of business options and opportunities for HME providers, manufacturers in the field say.  “The medical...

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Know Labs unveils non-invasive CGM

February 29, 2024HME News Staff

SEATTLE – Know Labs, an emerging developer of non-invasive medical diagnostic technology, has unveiled KnowU, a wearable non-invasive continuous glucose monitor (CGM), the result of an accelerated development process over the last eight months. The KnowU incorporates the sensor that the company plans to submit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for clearance. “The prevalence of diabetes is growing globally at an alarming rate,” said Ron Erickson, CEO and chairman. “Millions...

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Ascensia announces coverage expansion for CGM system 

February 12, 2024HME News Staff

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ascensia Diabetes Care and Senseonics Holdings have announced that Medicare has significantly expanded access to the Eversense E3 CGM System with the implementation of local coverage determinations that provide access to implantable CGM for basal-only patients. Medicare coverage has been expanded for implantable CGMs to include all people with diabetes using insulin, removing the previous requirement for multiple inulin administrations per day. Coverage has also been updated...

Ascensia Diabetes Care, Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), Eversense, Senseonics


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Ascensia names leader for CGM business 

February 6, 2024HME News Staff

TOKYO – PHC Holdings Corp., the parent company of Ascensia Diabetes Care, and Senseonics Holdings have announced that diabetes industry veteran Brian Hansen has been appointed to the newly created role of president of CGM at Ascensia Diabetes Care effective today, Feb. 6, 2024. Hansen will be responsible for the global commercialization and growth of the Eversense CGM, which is currently available in the U.S. and select European markets. “Eversense is a game-changer for people with diabetes...

Ascensia Diabetes Care, Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), Eversense CGM, PHC Holdings, Senseonics


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ADS adds Libre 2 Plus sensor

January 31, 2024HME News Staff

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Advanced Diabetes Supply (ADS), a national distributor of diabetes devices under the ADS and US MED brands, is now carrying the new FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus sensor, the first DME provider in the country to offer consumers the 15-day sensor. “The FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus is an exciting advancement in diabetes health technology and is the only 15-day non-implantable continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor in the U.S.,” said Bill Mixon, CEO of ADS. “As leading...

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Edgepark stands up new team to educate physicians

January 19, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

DUBLIN, Ohio – Edgepark has “leaned into” a new prescriber base for continuous glucose monitors by creating a Provider Engagement Team to drive positive experiences for those new to the technology.   CMS’s decision last year to expand coverage to beneficiaries with Type 2 diabetes created a huge potential of referrals from primary care physicians who need to be brought up to speed on the therapy, says Kattrina Richardson, vice president of marketing and business...

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Abbott, Tandem integrate 

January 9, 2024HME News Staff

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., and SAN DIEGO – Abbott and Tandem Diabetes Care have announced that the t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ technology is the first automated insulin delivery system to integrate with the newly available FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus sensor. For the first time, FreeStyle Libre technology users in the United States are now able to experience the therapeutic benefits of a hybrid closed-loop system that helps predict and prevent high and low blood sugar. “Tandem’s leadership...

Abbott, Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), Diabetes, Tandem Diabetes Care


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The year in diabetes? We’re good with that

December 28, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

If I could say anything about the year in diabetes & DME, it’s that 2023 was the year the industry rolled up its sleeves and got to work.  To be precise, the ground was prepped in 2022, with the launch of the AAHomecare Diabetes Council, whose members understood that if the industry wanted to succeed in this space, it needed to get out there and show itself.  Driving most of the changes: The ongoing boom in continuous glucose monitors, which have had the dual benefit of giving...

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