Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips as a type of durable medical equipment (DME). After paying the annual Part B deductible, a person will only pay 20% of the cost of the test strips.

Home blood sugar testing has become efficient and nearly painless with the use of modern devices. Regular monitoring, guided ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients with diabetes about the recall of 62 million glucose test strips used to measure blood sugar levels. Nova Diabetes Care announced ...

(Reuters Health) – - Millions of blood sugar testing strips may be unneeded by the U.S. veterans who receive the strips through two government insurance programs each year, suggests a new study. There ...

Nearly half a million people with diabetes end up in emergency rooms around the U.S. every year due to the seizures and other consequences of dropping or spiking blood-sugar levels associated with the ...

A unit of Bayer AG recalled diabetes test strips used with its Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter because they may result in 5 to 17 percent higher blood glucose readings, the U.S. Food and Drug ...