# CGM Sensors **URL:** \ **Category:** Newly Diagnosed Support\ **Created:** [April 7, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/t/cgm-sensors/74738 "2025-04-07T19:41:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![spdif](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.breakthrought1d.org/spdif/32/5548_2.png) [@spdif](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/u/spdif)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/t/cgm-sensors/74738/13 "2025-05-13T18:34:29Z")
Hi Sharon. Welcome and thanks for joining the forum I hope we can help each other and work together to help others. A couple of years ago US Med was sold to a holding company that also owns Advanced Diabetes Supply. In December 2024 Cardinal Health acquired both companies. Cardinal Health is the parent company of Edgepark. Sometimes mergers and acquisitions affect the patient experience. Were you contacted by the US Med collections department or a third party collections company? If it was a third party company here’s a collection of tips on how to handle it with links to more: [First Aid Kit on Substack: Yes, you can negotiate with bill collectors](https://firstaidkit.substack.com/p/yes-you-can-negotiate-with-bill-collectors) If you want more help with collections lets start a new topic for it. You mentioned using US Med instead of a pharmacy but not because of DME benefits vs. pharmacy benefits of your commercial plan. If you want to dive into insurance and making sure you are paying as little as possible for your supplies make a new topic and I’m willing to dive into that with you. A mist read topic on diabetes supplies and planning for medicare is > [@Medicare Part B/Advantage Plans for Dexcom and TSlim Coverage](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/t/medicare-part-b-advantage-plans-for-dexcom-and-tslim-coverage/73620): > > Hi All, Totally at a loss here- can’t get any consistent info from the Medicare desk or insurance providers, and I’m hoping someone here can share their experience to help me decide what plan to get on. I recently lost my job and got on Part B, but need to sign up for an Advantage or Part D plan- but it looks like my CGM and pump supplies are going to cost me a fortune. This may be worse in my area (Brooklyn, NY) but if anyone can share some experience with their Insurance providers and Part … About halfway down @HighHopes asks all the important questions and shares how she navigated the decisions. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/t/cgm-sensors/74738)._