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The issue: UnitedHealthcare insulin pump restrictions
As a community, we are committed to enhancing the lives of all individuals living with diabetes, which necessitates easy access to therapies and technologies. Making the healthy choice the easy choice is a key part of success with this condition and payers and governments can play an enabling role in that quest by following these […]
Medicare Coverage for National Diabetes Prevention Program
Diabetes Advocacy Alliance Applauds Proposal Providing Medicare Coverage for National Diabetes Prevention Program Department of Health and Human Services Releases Positive Results from Demonstration Project with the YMCA of the USA (March 23, 2016) The Diabetes Advocacy Alliance (DAA) applauds Secretary Sylvia Burwell, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Center for […]
Important Announcement from Asante Solutions
http://www.snappump.com/blog/Important-Announcement-from-Asante-Solutions Fri, 05/15/2015 15:50Gil Bautista We regret to inform you that as of Friday, May 15, 2015, Asante Solutions, maker of the Snap Insulin Pump, will be closing our doors and the company will no longer be in business. If you are a Snap user, please contact your healthcare provider with any clinical questions you […]
Study: Insulin as a vaccine to prevent T1D
An international team of researchers from Bristol, Dresden, Munich, Vienna and Denver have successfully completed the first step in the development of an insulin vaccine to prevent type 1 diabetes. The Pre-POINT study has found a positive immune response in children at risk of type 1 diabetes who were given oral doses of insulin. Adverse […]
NCCIH presents “When Experts Disagree: The Art of Medical Decision Making”
What The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) will welcome acclaimed authors Jerome Groopman, M.D. and Pamela Hartzband, M.D. as featured speakers for the sixth annual Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Health Therapies. The husband-and-wife team will present When Experts Disagree: The Art of Medical Decision Making. Dr. […]
Manny Hernandez, Co
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,May 5, 2015/PRNewswire/ Manny Hernandez, a non-profit leader and advocate for people with diabetes, has joined Livongo Health as Senior Vice President, Member Experience. In this role he will ensure that Livongo for Diabetes is a seamless, easy-to-use, and successful experience for members. Manny will also foster and enhance relationships with employers, industry […]
Tidepool Receives Platform Expansion and Matching Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust
http://tidepool.org/2015/04/27/hct2015/ BY HOWARD LOOK | : APRIL 27, 2015Were thrilled to announce that The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded a $900,000 grant to Tidepool to support continued development of the Tidepool Platform and Tidepool Uploader. All by itself, this is an incredibly generous and wonderful statement of support of Tidepools […]
Newt Gingrich: Double the N.I.H. Budget: NYT
In an op-ed piece in the New York Times the conservative former Speaker of the House calls for doubling the investment in NIH funding. (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/opinion/double-the-nih-budget.html) In part he says: Unfortunately, since the end of the five-year effort that roughly doubled the N.I.H. budget by 2003, funding for the institutes has been flat. The N.I.H. budget […]
Merck and the ADA team with Tim McGraw on America’s Diabetes Challenge: Get to Your Goals
About one-third of adults with diabetes are not at their A1C goal. Thats why Merck and the American Diabetes Association have teamed up with Tim McGraw and other voices onAmericas Diabetes Challenge: Get to Your Goalsto help people with type 2 diabetes work with their doctor to get to their A1C goal. Talk to Your […]