Medscape June 23, 2023
As more patients with type 2 diabetes seek to reap health benefits from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), primary care clinicians are learning how to incorporate these devices and the data they collect into practice.
Wider use of the technology means clinics need to address a range of elements that might seem mundane but could be crucial to successful adoption.
Certain billing codes might be less familiar outside of endocrinology. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 95251, for example, covers the analysis, interpretation, and reporting by a clinician of CGM data, and can be billed monthly.
Some IT-type troubleshooting likely is needed as well. Having a designated member of the clinic staff who oversees requesting permission to access a patient’s data and...
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