#41 JDRF Director of Discovery Research Albert Hwa
Albert Hwa is brilliant and he answers my questions about diabetes research for an hour. What more can you ask for!?
Have you ever wanted to talk to a super smart guy about the research that is happening around diabetes? I'm talking about prevention, treatments, cure, artificial pancreas, responsive insulin, beta cell therapy, encapsulation... there is so much to choose from and Albert speaks about them all like an expert (because he is!).
Albert Hwa, Ph.D. joined the JDRF in January 2007 as the scientific program manager in the beta cell therapies program, for which he develops and manages research initiatives related to islet transplantation, bioengineering, stem cell research, cell encapsulation, and cellular reprogramming.
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#40 Anisha Dharshi is the Director of Type 1 Diabetes at the ADA
American Diabetes Association type 1 program director Anisha Dharshi is on the program to talk about her diabetes, the ADA, her family, 1-800-DIABETES and more...
Anisha Dharshi is a person living with type 1 diabetes who happens to also be the director of type 1 diabetes programs for the American Diabetes Association. Anisha holds a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins and has focused her career on working in healthcare. She has worked for the British Medical Journal, the Institute of Medicine and the National Quality Forum. Anisha's entire family lives with diabetes; her sister has Type 1, her father was diagnosed with T1 late in life and her mother has type 2 diabetes.
Anisha may have a serious life and a serious education but she is a light-hearted and upbeat individual who is crazy fun to talk to. I get it if you initially hear that the Director of Programs from the ADA is the guest on episode 40 and think, "boring"... but no, no... Anisha rocks! Interesting aside, spellcheck changes her name every time you type it, this took three times as long to write because of that... :)
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Learn about all that 1-800-DIABETES and all that the ADA can do for you in this special guest post from Anisha's staff. Check out "When to Reach out to the American Diabetes Association" on the Arden's Day blog.
#39 Insulet's CCO Shacey Petrovic Answers Your OmniPod Questions
My conversation with OmniPod CCO, Shacey Petrovic...
Episode 39 of the Juicebox Podcast is an hour long conversation with Insulet's Chief Commercial Officer Shacey Petrovic. Shacey answers questions from the diabetes community and from me in this candid chat. We talk about Medicare, Freestyle test strips, Artificial Pancreas, OmniPod/Dexcom partnerships, new PDM status, the Forbes piece that paints OmniPod as being in jeopardy of being "out of the insulin pump market" in one year and much more. One of your questions even makes it onto Shacey's action item list... Well done! BTW, I have a OmniPod t-shirt giveaway running from nov 24, 12am to dec 8, 12am... good luck!
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Freestyle Test Strip Info that Shacey spoke of...
OmniPod® patients now have access to a dedicated toll-free Helpline if they should experience any co-pay or coverage issues with their FreeStyle® Test Strips (877-654-9975). Upon dialing this number, the patient will reach a knowledgeable customer support team member to help them navigate through their test strip coverage.
As of November 2nd, patients who call the support number will also be offered the Prior Authorization Assistance Program (PAAP). The goal of the PAAP is to ensure easy access to FreeStyle test strips for new (and existing) OmniPod patients. With patient consent and HIPAA authorization, the following steps will be taken to execute on the PAAP:
1. Abbott will conduct a full Benefit Investigation.
2. From there, Abbott will both facilitate/assist in reaching out to the patient's payers and HCP to obtain the Prior Authorization (Appeal or Tier Exception) approval.
3. If approved, Abbott will be sending the PA approval and Rx referral to the patient's pharmacy of choice.
4. If denied, Abbott will be driving patients to participating pharmacies (major retail chains). Eligible patients may be able to benefit/receive automatic and affordable co-pay savings at participating pharmacies.
