Transcription of Coverage and Coding of Continuous Glucose Monitors
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Coverage and Coding of Continuous Glucose MonitorsHello and welcome to another edition of Medicare Minute MD. I m Dr. Robert Hoover, medical director at CGS Administrators, the Jurisdiction C DME MAC. Today I m go-ing to talk about a recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS, that changed the Medicare Program s Coverage of Continuous Glucose monitor sys-tems. This change was effective January 12, 2017. What is a Continuous Glucose monitor system? A typical CGM system has three compo-nents a sensor that is inserted under the skin and measures Glucose levels; some way to transmit that measurement; and, some way to display those measurements.
CMS, that changed the Medicare Program’s coverage of continuous glucose monitor sys-tems. This change was effective January 12, 2017. What is a continuous glucose monitor system? A typical CGM system has three compo- ... It’s pretty simple. Recall the Ruling and that therapeutic
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