Coverage and Coding of Continuous Glucose Monitors

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. With most CGM systems on the market today, the sensor and transmitter are replaced on a regular basis. I mentioned January 12 and that s a key date here. To understand what CMS did you have to go back about a month before the January 12 Ruling to an action taken by the Food and Drug Administration in December 2016.

Coverage and Coding of Continuous Glucose Monitors Hello 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

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