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Diabetes supplies covered by Medicare Part B. The amount of blood glucose monitoring supplies covered by Medicare Part B varies for insulin-and non-insulin-dependent patients. Insulin-dependent patients qualify for up to 100 test strips and lancets per month and one lancet device every six months.
Context. The purpose of this notice is to communicate Health Canada's decision to license blood glucose meters and associated software that display results solely in millimoles per litre (mmol/L) for sale in Canada. In Canada, the standard unit of blood glucose measure is mmol/L. In other countries, the standard unit of measure may be milligrams per decilitre (mg/dL). Some glucose monitors display their results only in mmol/L while other device models are capable of displaying their results in either unit of measure.