CMS Expands Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Coverage
Executive Summary
The US Medicare agency has decided that evidence is sufficient to cover ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to help diagnose hypertension in beneficiaries who suffer from white coat high blood pressure, and those with suspected masked hypertension.
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