Inside Pediatrics Summer 2022

By the end of 2021, sustained CGM access in clinic for all patients was 83%. For patients with Medicaid insurance, sustained weekly CGM use jumped to 76%, up from 17% in 2019. The disparity between Medicaid versus private insurance among clinic patients decreased from 33 to 14%.

By the end of 2021, sustained CGM access in clinic for all patients was 83 % CGM BY THE NUMBERS: 2022

And something just as valuable that the numbers may not show: a better quality of life for patients with type 1 diabetes.

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Medicaid insured patients approved for CGM jumped from 17 % to 76 %

The disparity between patients with Medicaid versus private insurance dropped from 33 % to 14 %

Shaylasia Sanford, a patient of Dr. Scott, has benefitted from the CGM and has provided ease of mind for her family. Thanks to the hard work of Drs. Jessica Schmitt, Mary Lauren Scott, Margaret Marks, Joycelyn Atchison and Michael Stalvey, many other type 1 diabetes patients will have access to the CGM.

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