Dr. Jaiwant Rangi demonstrates the Abbott FreeStyle Libre 3 glucose monitor, a sensor the size of two stacked pennies that transmits data to your phone from up to 33 feet away. It has 7.8% accuracy and works through a single-step applicator placed behind your arm. Medicare doesn't cover it yet, but commercial insurance patients can get it through a specialty pharmacy.
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Foreign. Hello, I'm Dr. Rangi. Just wanted to update on the continuous glucose monitors today. Today is July 16, 2022. I finally have Libre 3 in my hand and this is really, really smaller compared to libre2 and the previous continuous glucose monitors that we had. So this is called as two pennies stacked. It is as tiny as that. It goes behind your arm and it's got a very simple applicator that we use as a single application. Easy to use. And then you have much more accuracy and much more discreet. Also, you could be 33ft away from your device to record it. So if you want a continuous glucose monitor that can help you with better accuracy on your glucose data and much less Hypoglycemia, then Freestyle Libre 3 will really benefit you. If you're interested, give us a call. Our number is 530-677-0700. Once again, doctor range 530-677-0700. Libre 2 versus Libre 3. Looking forward to helping our patients. You cannot get Libre 3 if you have Medicare for the time being because this does not have a device to monitor because it goes in your phone and that's not approved at this time. For Medicare, PAT is only for commercial patients and that too through a special pharmacy where we have to send you prescriptions. By fall, we should be able to send this to local pharmacies as well. For Medicare patients, we continue to use the Libre 2 and this is quite accurate, but this is a little more accurate. There's something called MARD and that is telling us the accuracy. And the lower mard, the better it is. And this has sub 8 or less than 8, close to 7.8. That means this is a lot more accurate compared to this or any other CGMS in the market. I hope this is helpful. Give us a call and we'll be happy to help you. Thank you.
