Cholestech LDX supply pact with California Blue Cross may expand to other states.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CHOLESTECH LDX MONITORS INSTALLED AT 95 CALIFORNIA BLUE CROSS SITES as of Nov. 1, Cholestech says. Installation and training on the monitors has been completed at all 95 Blue Cross of California "Prudent Buyer Check Up Centers" covered under the supply deal. Until January, the preferred-provider centers will use the point-of-care LDX systems to test patients' total cholesterol and glucose levels in order to screen members for the risk of coronary heart disease and diabetes. HDL and estimated LDL tests will be added to the menu in 1996.