
How Alere lobbied for expanded Medicare coverage of home PT/INR monitors
Alere lobbied Medicare aggressively to expand the market for its INRatio PT/INR monitor system The Alere INRatio PT/INR monitor system is a medical device used to monitor the anticoagulation effects of warfarin on a patient’s blood by tracking clotting time (PT/INR).  Physicians who demonstrate to patients how to use the INRatio, and similar devices, are…