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CMS Solicits Input On Coverage Of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

 
• By Reed Miller

The agency is reopening the coverage policy on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, non-invasive blood pressure measurement over 24-hour cycles, in response to a request from medical professional societies. Currently, Medicare only covers ABPM in limited circumstances where there is reason to believe a patient's in-office blood-pressure is not an accurate representation of their normal blood pressure.

High blood pressure diagnostics medical concept.
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The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has agreed to reconsider the Medicare coverage policy on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in response to a request from physician groups, the agency announced Oct. 9.

The national coverage review was initiated by a request from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and American Medical Association...

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