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National Diabetes Statistics Report
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 data
40.1 million Americans — 12.0% of the population — have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes, including 29.1 million diagnosed adults. An estimated 11.0 million more have it and do not know.
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National Diabetes Statistics Report
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 data
115.2 million US adults have prediabetes, including 31.3 million adults aged 65 and over — 52.1% of that age group.
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$413 Billion in Diabetes Costs
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022
“In 2022, diabetes and its related complications accounted for $413 billion in total (direct and indirect) medical costs and lost wages in the United States.”
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The Burden of Diabetes in Georgia
American Diabetes Association · 2023
“Approximately 953,887 people in Georgia, or 11.4% of the adult population, have diagnosed diabetes.”
A further 2,674,000 Georgians — 33.7% of adults — have prediabetes, and diagnosed diabetes costs an estimated $11 billion in Georgia each year.
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Two additional South Florida residents plead guilty to health care fraud charges related to diabetic test strips
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations · 2024
“illegal importations, theft, or by buying the diabetic test strips from patients”
Two defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud on 10 May 2024 after acquiring non-retail and international test strips and reselling them to pharmacies as retail stock. They altered invoices and shipping records and counterfeited National Drug Code numbers, bar codes and labeling. The scheme produced roughly $12 million in fraudulent proceeds, and each defendant faced up to ten years in prison.
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Roche, LifeScan Proceed in Diabetes Test Strip Fraud Suits
Roche Diagnostics and LifeScan (reported by Bloomberg Law) · ongoing litigation
Roche and LifeScan have pursued fraud claims over wholesale test strips diverted into retail channels, a scheme they say ran through pharmacies in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia and Iowa and cost them millions in improperly paid rebates between 2013 and 2017.
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O.C.G.A. § 26-4-51 — Durable medical equipment supplier license
Official Code of Georgia Annotated · 2024 edition
“Any person who supplies durable medical equipment to a consumer and submits a claim for reimbursement by a third party”
Georgia's durable medical equipment supplier license is triggered by supplying DME and submitting a claim for third-party reimbursement. A cash buyback that never bills an insurer does not meet that test on its face.
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Model Pawnbroker and Secondhand Dealer Ordinance
Georgia Municipal Association · model ordinance
Georgia municipalities operate secondhand-dealer ordinances that commonly require registration and per-transaction logging of purchased goods. Requirements are set locally, so they differ between counties and cities across metro Atlanta.
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Blood sugar test strips coverage
Medicare.gov · current
“Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers some diabetic test supplies, including blood glucose (blood sugar) test strips”
After the Part B deductible, a beneficiary pays 20% of the Medicare-approved amount — which is why establishing who actually funded a given box is the first thing worth checking.
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Reselling diabetes test strips an unregulated 'gray market' in US
American Diabetes Association — Matt Petersen, Vice President of Medical Information · reported
“You could be greatly overusing or underusing insulin because of an incorrect result. That's where it would be a really critical health issue.”
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BBB Scam of the Week: 'We Buy Diabetic Test Strips'
Better Business Bureau · reported
The Better Business Bureau has run 'We Buy Diabetic Test Strips' as a consumer scam warning, and BBB offices have logged hundreds of complaints against individual resale operations.
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Inside the booming underground economy of diabetic testing supplies
Atlanta News First · 2023
Local reporting has documented an active secondary market in diabetic testing supplies across metro Atlanta, operating with little regulation and wide variation in what buyers pay.
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Gwinnett County, GA
Data USA (US Census American Community Survey) · 2024 data
“23.7% of the people in Gwinnett County, GA are hispanic (232k people)”
Corrections
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