When confronted with diabetes, you’ll need to know how to access diabetic supplies and where to go. Most times, for a small fee, you can get them delivered to your home.
Looking for a supplier that handles most of the paperwork for you is a big advantage. Filling out claim forms, billing Medicare or charging your supplemental insurance company.
Another convenience is having diabetes professionals and pharmacists standing by, so help and support is always just a phone call away.
Supplies
Take a look at the following Medicare-covered items to qualified beneficiaries:
- Blood glucose meters and meter batteries
- Test strips
- Lancing devices and lancets
- Control solution
- Hemoglobin A1c tests
- Insulin pumps
Ostomy Supplies
- Pouches (1-piece, 2-piece, locking, drainable, closed)
- Skin barrier wafers
- Eakin Cohesive™ Seals
- Paste
- Adhesive remover
- Barrier wipes
- Deodorant drops
- Cleaner/decrystallizer
- Tape
- Belts (appliance)
As you can see there’s a wide range of supplies, all the way from test strips up to bigger items such as meters.
Diabetic Socks
Diabetic socks are different from normal socks because of there weight and grip.
Here are some of the benefits you’ll get from these type of socks: 
- Spandex top
- Non-binding leg and foot
- Cushion foot with extra cushion in heel and toe
- Anti-microbial treatment
- Helps prevent athlete’s foot
- Inhibits infection and fungus
- Hand knit toes (seamless)
Any choice of diabetic sock should always be discussed with one’s podiatrist to determine the proper sock for the patient’s condition.
The proper sock could be cotton blend with stretch tops, non-cotton with antimicrobial properties, compression type or just a plain non-binding sock to allow circulation to flow freely. If excessive edema is present there are extra wide socks available.
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To make life easier, get your glucose test strips and other diabetic supplies from one place.
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