The start of a new year often means new goals, fresh routines — and sometimes, new health insurance. If your coverage changed for 2026, updating your insurance information with CareLinc is essential to avoid interruptions in your medical equipment and supplies.

Whether you rely on a CPAP machine, a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), or a breast pump, keeping your insurance details current ensures you get the products you need without delays. Here’s why it matters and how CareLinc makes it easy.

The Impact of Changing Your Insurance

When your insurance changes — whether it’s a new employer, switching carriers, updating Medicaid or Medicare, or even receiving a new member ID — it can directly affect the way your medical equipment is covered, billed, and authorized. Even small updates that may seem insignificant can create delays if there are any discrepancies.

Insurance plans all follow their own rules for coverage and documentation, and their own replacement schedules. When your plan changes, several things may shift:

  • Coverage for equipment and supplies: Items like PAP devices, CPAP supplies, CGMs, catheters, breast pumps, and other medical equipment may have different coverage levels, copays, or replacement timelines under your new plan.
  • Billing and authorizations for ongoing therapy: If your insurance information isn’t current, authorizations for therapy can pause. This may delay refill shipments or disrupt therapies like PAP treatment or CGM use.
  • Eligibility for upgrades or replacements: New plans sometimes include improved coverage, additional options, or earlier replacement eligibility — all benefits you might miss without a review.

Keeping CareLinc informed ensures your equipment and supplies stay on track. By sharing your updated insurance details early, CareLinc can verify your new benefits, confirm what’s covered, and identify any changes you need to know about.

Our team can update authorizations before your next refill or shipment to prevent lapses in therapy. You’ll avoid unexpected costs, denied claims, or gaps in care caused by outdated plan information.

What CareLinc Needs From You

Taking a few minutes to update your insurance helps CareLinc keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes. Our team can handle your benefit checks, paperwork, and authorizations, so you can stay focused on what really matters — your health. When you reach out, have the following ready:

  • Your new insurance card, including the member ID, group number, and plan name
  • Your effective date for when your new coverage officially began
  • Any referral, prescription, or prior authorization requirements tied to your plan
  • Your preferred contact information so CareLinc can reach you quickly if your insurer needs more details

Providing these details upfront helps prevent interruptions, unexpected billing issues, or gaps in therapy — especially for time‑sensitive needs like CPAP resupply schedules or CGM shipments.

How CareLinc Helps

Updating your insurance with CareLinc is simple:

  1. Call or visit our website to provide your new insurance details.
  2. We verify coverage for your equipment and supplies.
  3. We handle authorizations and billing so you don’t have to.

From CPAP machines to CGMs and breast pumps, CareLinc ensures you have what you need — without the stress.

Ready to Update Your Insurance?

Start the year off right. Update your insurance with CareLinc today and keep your health on track.