OB-GYNs Can Be Key

to Women’s Diabetes Awareness and Heart Health

Annual well-woman visits present an opportunity to counsel patients about diabetes and heart disease and to offer additional services or referrals.

Well-Woman Recommendations

from American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)^1,2

Point-of-care testing is a fast,
easy, and patient-friendly way to
monitor health indicators

With CardioChek^® Plus test systems..

Obtain full lipid panel results in as little as 90 seconds

Discuss Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risks with the patient onsite

Potential risk factors for Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease include low HDL cholesterol (<35 mg/dL) and/or high triglycerides (>250 mg/dL)³.

Accurate

Meets NCEP guidelines for accuracy and precision

Flexible

Measures total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose Also calculates LDL, TC/HDL ratio, LDL/HDL ratio, and non-HDL cholesterol

Cost-effective

Start-up cost is minimal; tests may be reimbursable

User-friendly

CLIA-waived

Portable

Compact, battery-operated, room temperature test strip storage

CPT Codes

For Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement

• 
  Capillary Blood Draw
  36416
  
• 
  Lipid Panel
  80061 QW
  
• 
  Total Cholesterol
  82465 QW
  
• 
  HDL Cholesterol
  83718 QW
  
• 
  Triglycerides
  84478 QW
  
• 
  Glucose
  82947
  

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Also available for patients with diabetes

Accurate A1C results in 5 minutes

1 Women’s Health Care Physicians. (n.d.). Retrieved December 6, 2019, from https://www.acog.org/ About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Annual-Womens-Health-Care/Well-Woman-Recommendations.

2 Women’s Health Care Physicians. (n.d.). Retrieved December 6, 2019, from https://www.acog.org/ About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Annual-Womens-Health-Care/Well-Woman-Recommendations/ High-Risk-Factors.

3 Figure 2.3. American Diabetes Association. (2018, January 1). Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2018. Retrieved February 11, 2020, from https:// care.diabetesjournals.org/content/41/Supplement_1/S13.figures-only