How to Get Your Insurer to Pay for an Insulin Pump

For almost 20 years, my staff and I have worked with patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to provide insulin pumps with their insurance coverage. We have learned (often the hard way) which insurance coverage works and which insurance companies are "insulin pump friendly". If you are considering getting an insulin pump, here's a great article written by an insurer that tells you what the criteria is for insulin pump therapy. MORE..........

Diabetes and the Minimed Insulin Pump: A Little History

MEREDITH CUMMINGS is a writer for the Tuscaloosa News and wears an Insulin pump... again. Read why she's back on the pump, why she chose the Minimed Insulin pump, and also get a little history of its origin.
"For the past few weeks I've been back on the insulin pump after a two-year absence. I've loved every minute of it and I remember why I once said, 'I'll never go back to taking shots."  MORE...

Life is Better with an Insulin Pump

Insulin pumps, about the size of a beeper, deliver to people with diabetes the potential for a more healthful life. Jeffrey Weiss of the Dallas Morning News wears an insulin pump and explains why he thinks it's a good idea in "simple terms" and why it's important to understand Type 1 diabetes. More....