Improving Medicare Access to Diabetes Technology, Training, and Automated Insulin Systems.
This Act aims to ensure Medicare beneficiaries have continuous access to modern diabetes management technologies, such as insulin pumps and automated delivery systems. It streamlines coverage for new enrollees already using these devices and mandates separate reimbursement for the essential software components of automated systems. The law also expands access to medically necessary self-management education and training.
Key points
Streamlining Medicare coverage to ensure new enrollees maintain access to their existing diabetes technology (e.g., CGMs, pumps) during the first 12 months of enrollment.
Requiring Medicare to separately cover the critical software and algorithms used in automated insulin delivery systems, promoting innovation and beneficiary access.
Expanding access to diabetes self-management training, removing limits on duration or quantity if deemed medically necessary by a healthcare professional.
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