Reimbursement

Patient Self-Testing Market Payment for services furnished on or after July 1, 2002, Medicare will cover the use of home prothrombin time INR monitoring for anticoagulation management for patients with mechanical heart valves on warfarin. The monitor and the home testing must be prescribed by a physician and the following patient requirements must be met:

• Must have been anticoagulated for at least three months prior to use of the home INR device;
• Must undergo an educational program on anticoagulation management and the use of the device prior to its use in the home; and
• Self testing reimbursement with the device is limited to a frequency of once per week.

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