New York Assembly/Dept. of Health

[Gina Capone]

NY State Anti- Denial Campaign to appeal to make it mandatory for insurance companies to cover a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) should a physician write a prescription for a patient.

This is for New Yorkers that have been denied coverage by insurance or would like coverage for the Continous Glucose Monitoring systems.


Assemblyman Sweeney said that when he drafted the NY State mandatory insurance coverage diabetes laws, it was positioned as such that the NY State Health Commissioner AT HIS DISCRETION can add to the existing law, any diabetes product, medicine or technology that he deems necessary to be mandated for coverage by insurance companies. He does not even need an act of legislation, he can merely add to it.

Assemblyman Sweeney has contacted the Health commissioner asking to investigate if the CGMs warrant full coverage by insurance companies.

I was informed by my contact that we (NEW YORKERS) all need to send letters VIA SNAIL MAIL (NOT email, or fax) directly to the NY State Health Commissioner if you want your voice to be heard. If we respond in huge numbers he will hear us. RAISE YOUR VOICE.

Let Commissioner Richard Daines know that we are in support of his correspondence with Assemblyman Robert Sweeney that the Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems should be included on the list for mandatory insurance coverage in New York State.

Here is the mailing address:

Commissioner Richard F. Daines
NY State Health Commissioner
State of New York
Corning Tower
Empire State Plaza
Albany NY 12237

[Amy]

My boss and I both mailed ours the day my denial was over turned by the state.

[Gina Capone]

Oh great!

Amy said:

My boss and I both mailed ours the day my denial was over turned by the state.