ArticleJournal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH2014
Rates, amounts, and determinants of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring claim reimbursements among Medicare beneficiaries.
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- Toward Precision Medicine: Circadian Rhythm of Blood Pressure and Chronotherapy for Hypertension - 2021 NHLBI Workshop Report.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2023Review
- Out-of-Pocket Payment for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Among Commercially Insured in the United States.American journal of hypertension · 2020Article
- Masked Hypertension: Fragile in More Ways Than One.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2020Article
- Design and study protocol for a cluster randomized trial of a multi-faceted implementation strategy to increase the uptake of the USPSTF hypertension screening recommendations: the EMBRACE study.Implementation science : IS · 2020Article
- Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cases of Clinical Uncertainty to Differentiate Appropriate Inaction From Therapeutic Inertia.Annals of family medicine · 2020Article
- Reimbursement of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the US commercial insurance marketplace.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020Article
- Patient perceptions of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring testing, tolerability, accessibility, and expense.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020Article
- Medicare reimbursement policy for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: A qualitative analysis of public comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019Article
- Association of Daytime and Nighttime Blood Pressure With Cardiovascular Disease Events Among African American Individuals.JAMA cardiology · 2019Article
- Measurement of Blood Pressure in Humans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2019Review
- Relationship Between Outpatient Clinic and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements and Mortality.Current cardiology reports · 2019Review
- Diagnosing Masked Hypertension Using Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, or Both?Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2018Article
- Number of Measurements Needed to Obtain a Reliable Estimate of Home Blood Pressure: Results From the Improving the Detection of Hypertension Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2018Article
- Implementing ABPM into Clinical Practice.Current hypertension reports · 2018Review
- Insights in Public Health: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring: Underuse in Clinical Practice in Hawai'i.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2017Article
- Barriers to conducting ambulatory and home blood pressure monitoring during hypertension screening in the United States.Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH · 2017Article
- Integrating Out-of-Office Blood Pressure in the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension.Current cardiology reports · 2016Review
- Short-Term Risk of Serious Fall Injuries in Older Adults Initiating and Intensifying Treatment With Antihypertensive Medication.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2016Article
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Abstract
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) can be used to identify white coat hypertension and guide hypertensive treatment. We determined the percentage of ABPM claims submitted between 2007 and 2010 that were reimbursed. Among 1970 Medicare beneficiaries with submitted claims, ABPM was reimbursed for 93.8% of claims that had an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, diagnosis code of 796.2 ("elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension") versus 28.5% of claims without this code. Among claims without an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, diagnosis code of 796.2 listed, those for the component (eg, recording, scanning analysis, physician review, reporting) versus full ABPM procedures and performed by institutional versus non-institutional providers were each more than two times as likely to be successfully reimbursed. Of the claims reimbursed, the median payment was $52.01 (25th-75th percentiles, $32.95-$64.98). In conclusion, educating providers on the ABPM claims reimbursement process and evaluation of Medicare reimbursement may increase the appropriate use of ABPM and improve patient care.
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