Medicare coverage of diabetes supplies

Here is an article detailing Medicare's coverage of diabetes testing supplies. Here is the basic breakdown:

Product	For insulin treated patients	For non-insulin treated patients
Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems	1 every 5 years	1 every 5 years
Test Strips	100 per month	100 every 3 months
Lancing Device	1 every 6 months	1 every 6 month
Lancets	100 per month	100 every 3 months
Control Solution	1 every month	1 every month
Batteries	1-2 every year	1-2 every year

Your doctor may recommend that you test more often than the guidelines allow for. In which case you are authorized for that number of tests per day. The doctor will need to give the reasons why more tests are needed.