[Diabetes-Talk] {Disarmed} FW: Breaking News: CMS Decision Moves CGM Devices One Step Closer to Medicare Coverage

[TALey at ups.com]

Hello,

We have had much discussion on this list about continuous glucose monitor (CGM) systems and the fact that Medicare does not cover them. Well, it looks like that may be changing soon. Read below for an announcement sent out by JDRF. This is good news.

Tom


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From: "Derek Rapp, JDRF President & CEO" <advocacy at jdrf.org<mailto:advocacy at jdrf.org>>
Date: January 13, 2017 at 1:44:20 AM EST
Subject: Breaking News: CMS Decision Moves CGM Devices One Step Closer to Medicare Coverage
Reply-To: advocacy at jdrf.org<mailto:advocacy at jdrf.org>
An encouraging decision today from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is an important first step toward Medicare coverage of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). |

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CMS Labels Continuous Glucose Monitors as Durable Medical Equipment

JDRF is pleased to share that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decided today to recognize continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices approved for use in making diabetes treatment decisions as durable medical equipment, a significant step toward making them eligible for coverage under Medicare. Today’s decision lays a pathway toward extension of Medicare coverage for the devices that will bring the nation's largest insurer in line with the vast majority of the country's private payers. Although the significant benefits of CGM use have been known since 2008, CMS had previously refused to consider covering the devices under Medicare, saying they did not meet the statutory definitions of durable medical equipment or any other category the agency could cover. Today’s decision removes that impediment.

JDRF wants to thank everyone who made today's decision possible, especially the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, our congressional champions and supporters, our allies, and the thousands of JDRF advocates who made their voices heard in Washington, D.C.

Click here<http://go.jdrf.org/lZYRM000Tf3O0I112030y0C> for more on today’s encouraging decision.

Read about other ways to support JDRF here<http://go.jdrf.org/TN3CZ0O0f0003Yz10T2R1I0>.

If you have questions about today’s decision, please e-mail us at info at jdrf.org<http://go.jdrf.org/Y012Z0O3O00R3001TYC0AIf>.















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