Re:FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor
by chefandy on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @08:27PM
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I'm a lot more concerned by what my insurance company can do with the data than marketing companies-- they regularly deny claims based on data collected by device vendors.
In the following article, see: Sleep aid or surveillance device?
Maybe glucose monitoring data is different than sleep data, but I don't see why it would be. In that article, even random customer service representatives had access to his device data despite his asking them to stop storing it. I had a similar experience with a medical device that the person in the article had with their CPAP machine: I yanked a wireless modem out of the thing and stuck a flash card in there, because fuck those creeps. They sent me a very large bill retroactively denying coverage for the device for non-compliance, but luckily I didn't end up having to pay because they accepted the local data I provided without (much of) a fight. But what if the claim wasn't for a comparatively inexpensive machine, and it was for an inpatient medical procedure with surgery, lots of imaging, and a 10k ambulance ride? You better fucking believe I'm not going to voluntarily help them weasel out of coverage.
In the following article, see: Sleep aid or surveillance device?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/11/21/6697510...
Maybe glucose monitoring data is different than sleep data, but I don't see why it would be. In that article, even random customer service representatives had access to his device data despite his asking them to stop storing it. I had a similar experience with a medical device that the person in the article had with their CPAP machine: I yanked a wireless modem out of the thing and stuck a flash card in there, because fuck those creeps. They sent me a very large bill retroactively denying coverage for the device for non-compliance, but luckily I didn't end up having to pay because they accepted the local data I provided without (much of) a fight. But what if the claim wasn't for a comparatively inexpensive machine, and it was for an inpatient medical procedure with surgery, lots of imaging, and a 10k ambulance ride? You better fucking believe I'm not going to voluntarily help them weasel out of coverage.