Industry Bulletins | January 22, 2018
UnitedHealthcare & Dexcom To Launch CGM Pilot For Medicare Advantage Members
UnitedHealthcare and Dexcom recently announced they will be partnering to launch a pilot program that will provide Dexcom continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to members of UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plan. CGMs are Food and Drug Administration-approved devices that provide continuous insight into glucose levels throughout the day and night.
As part of the program, participants will also be given a Fitbit and a personal coaching app in addition to their CGM. The app will assist consumers in understanding their CGM readings and how they should react to them. Through these efforts, it is hoped that consumers living with diabetes . . .