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PT/INR Home Testing Services

Your patients will be provided a meter, a supply of PT/INR test strips, and safety lancets. Consistent with your orders, they will also receive personalized, face-to-face training on how to successfully obtain an INR test result in the home and report it. All patients/caregivers will need to demonstrate is that they are fully proficient and able to test independently; to correctly use the device in the context of the management of the anticoagulation therapy following the initiation of home monitoring.

After a patient can demonstrate self-test administration, they will usually test once weekly, and phone in their readings to our automated phone system or report them on our mdINR® App (Apple or Google). These readings will be stored electronically in their patient profile, and timely faxed to your office or to the Anti-Coagulation Clinic you designate on the patient’s prescription form. This is all done automatically, and timely, so you can act more readily to manage your patients INR results and warfarin therapy.

How RCS Can Help

This Medicare and insurance covered service enables chronic warfarin patients to self-test their INR levels at home up to once a week.
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Insurance Coverage

We’ll contact the patient's insurance provider to verify coverage and benefits. We will obtain prior authorization if needed, explain benefits and inform them of any costs involved.
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Personalized Training

A certified trainer will teach your patient how to properly use the PT/INR meter, supplies, and how to report their INR test results.
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Fast Results

Results faxed in a timely manner, allowing for more timely review and adjustments when needed.
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PT/INR Meters

If you are familiar with the glucometers that diabetes patients use, learning to use a PT/INR meter will come naturally. Recent advancements in technology have made the meters smaller and easier to use.
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Which Patients Qualify

Most long-term warfarin users qualify for INR home monitoring coverage through Medicare. Medicare patients that meet the following conditions are eligible for home monitoring:

  • The patient must have been anticoagulated for at least 3 months prior to use of the home INR device.
  • The patient must undergo a face-to-face educational program on anticoagulation management and must have demonstrated the correct use of the device prior to its use in the home.
  • The patient continues to correctly use the device in the context of the management of the anticoagulation therapy following the initiation of home monitoring.
  • Self-testing with the device should not occur more frequently than once a week.
  • Have one of the following Diagnosis: (See PRESCRIPTION FORM for all approved Diagnosis Codes for home INR testing)

  • The majority of patients with private insurance qualify for home monitoring. Each health plan is different, and some may require a prior authorization before approving services, regardless of the patient’s diagnosis. Remote Cardiac Services works with top insurances for our home INR testing service.
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Patient Self-Testing Explained

  • When you prescribe self-testing for your patients, they will be provided with the same professional-quality meters that are used in office and clinical settings. These meters have been proven to provide readings which are comparable to laboratory results.
  • Your patients will be given a meter, a supply of PT/INR test strips, and safety lancets. They will also receive personalized, face-to-face training on how to successfully obtain an INR test result and report it. All patients will need to demonstrate that they are fully proficient and able to test independently.
  • After they have successfully demonstrated the ability to administer self-tests. They will then test once weekly, and phone in their readings to our automated phone system or report them online. These readings will be stored electronically in their patient profile, and faxed or e-mailed to your office or to the Anti-Coagulation Clinic you designate on the patient’s prescription form. This all done automatically, in a timely manner, so you can act more readily to manage your patients INR results and warfarin therapy.

 

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CoagTrak® ​

With our affiliate, CoagTrak®, we offer a sophisticated, yet intuitive, web-based application designed to help you deliver superior care, for your patients on a warfarin treatment regimen by reducing the potential for human error. It’s Fast. Web-Based. HIPAA-compliant. Completely Secure. All your practice needs is a web browser and an internet connection.

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Enrollment Forms

If you are ready to enroll a patient on one of our services, enroll online through Parachute by clicking the link or print and fax an enrollment:

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Contact Remote Cardiac Services (RCS)

Fax: 866-556-4411
Mailing Address: 29-35 Griffin Rd., South Bloomfield, CT 06002
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