State Medicaid Agencies Can Significantly Reduce Medicaid Costs for Diabetic Test Strips.

摘要

During recent Medicaid audits, we determined that home blood-glucose test strips (test strips) are available to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and certain State Medicaid agencies at a net cost well below that available to other State Medicaid agencies. This report summarizes the findings of those audits and discusses the potential application to other States. Our objective was to summarize the results of prior audits that identified opportunities for State Medicaid programs to achieve savings for test strips.