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Nipro to Partner with ALR Technologies on Chilean Clinical Trial
GlobeNewswire - Tue Jan 20, 7:12AM CST
ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT) announced that Nipro Diagnostics, Inc. and Nipro Medical Corporation have agreed to participate in a clinical outcomes study to be conducted by ALRT and Hospital Clinico Metropolitano La Florida, one of the largest and most prestigious public hospitals in Santiago, Chile. Nipro will provide its latest blood glucose meter, TRUE METRIX, to all participants in the trial as well as diagnostic supplies such as blood glucose test strips and data management cables. In addition, Nipro employees will assist with subject enrollment and other logistical tasks related to the pilot. Subject enrollment in the pilot is due to begin early next year.
ALRT System May Help Providers Meet Chronic Care Management Reimbursement Requirements
GlobeNewswire - Wed Jan 07, 7:38AM CST
Medical practices may be able to secure new revenue while they improve outcomes for patients with diabetes by using Health-e-Connect, the remote diabetes care management system from ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT).
CMS to Reimburse Physicians for Remote Chronic Care Starting January 1, 2015
Marketwired - Tue Nov 04, 7:18AM CST
Beginning January 1, 2015, physicians can bill Medicare for "non-face-to-face" chronic care management (CCM) according to the final 2015 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) adopted Friday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This decision opens up an enormous opportunity for companies, such as ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), who offer non-face-to-face remote monitoring programs for chronic disease.
ALR Technologies Advocates For Sensible Medicare Reimbursement of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) for Diabetes Patients
Marketwired - Mon Oct 20, 7:18AM CDT
In a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Bill Smith, President of ALR Technologies (OTCQB: ALRT) advocated for CMS reimbursement for continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGM) for Type 1 diabetes patients as well as higher-risk Type 2 patients. However, Smith argued that most Type 2 patients should first be encouraged to seek Internet-based remote chronic care management and then to step up to CGM if they don't achieve their health goals on the more cost-effective, Internet-based monitoring.
ALR Technologies Enters Latin America with Clinical Trials in Chile
ACCESSWIRE - Tue Oct 14, 7:01AM CDT
Richmond, VA / ACCESSWIRE / October 14, 2014 / ALR Technologies Inc. (OTC: ALRT) has signed an agreement to launch a clinical outcomes study in Chile as a potential solution to the growing number of diabetic patients in Latin America. ALRT's Health-e-Connect is the only off-the-shelf, FDA-cleared system to allow diabetic patients to remotely connect with physicians through a secure website, where Diabetes Care Facilitators (DCFs) regularly monitor the patients' data looking for readings outside of specified parameters.The upcoming trial follows ALRT's first large-scale commercial deployment of the Health-e-Connect system in the United States through the Kansas City Metropolitan Physicians Association in September. The Latin America trial will treat 100 diabetic patients in Santiago, Chile, with a successful trial expected to help establish a presence for ALRT in the large Latin American market.
Health-e-Connect: The FDA-Cleared System at the Forefront of Remote Diabetes Care
ACCESSWIRE - Tue Oct 07, 7:02AM CDT
Richmond, VA / ACCESSWIRE / October 7, 2014 / ALR Technologies' (ALRT) new FDA-cleared Remote Patient Monitoring system may finally allow doctors and clinicians to receive reimbursement for remote chronic care management, and it could become one of the most influential platforms for managing diabetes. ALRT's Health-e-Connect is the only off-the-shelf chronic care system connecting diabetes patients with an experienced care team as well their own physicians - anywhere in the country - through a secure and trusted website. If the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed payment schedule is finalized on November 1, physicians would receive payments of $41.92 for up to 20 minutes of remote care each month.Implementation of the proposed reimbursement plan would pave the way for ALRT to begin invoicing and collecting revenue for its services for diabetes patients covered by Medicare.Capturing just 1% of the US Medicare market as it pertains to diabetes would represent up to $2.3 million per month in potential revenue to ALRT.
ALR Technologies President Bill Smith Discusses the Rapid Changes to Diabetic Care on the "Good Life Revolution" with Jesse Dylan
ACCESSWIRE - Mon Sep 29, 11:03AM CDT
Richmond, VA and Vancouver, BC / ACCESSWIRE / September 29, 2014 / ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the chronic care medical device company positioned at the forefront of remote patient care, is pleased to announce that company president Bill Smith was a guest on the "Good Life Revolution" with award winning host Jesse Dylan, powered by Megacast. Smith explains how the company's proprietary Health-e-Connect device is paving the way for the future of Remote Patient Care by eliminating complications with patient data and cutting Health Care costs whilst creating a unique pool of profit for the Company.
ALR Technologies Begins Enrolling Patients in Kansas City
Marketwire - Tue Sep 09, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the chronic care medical device company, is pleased to announce the first large-scale commercial deployment of Health-e-Connect, the Company's robust remote disease management platform. This week, a team from ALRT and the Kansas City Metropolitan Physician Association (KCMPA) began enrolling patients with Type 2 diabetes and A1c levels above 8 percent in a trial of the Health-e-Connect system. The enrollment is an innovative diabetes management component of KCMPA's Quality Improvement Plan designed to achieve lower A1c scores for some of KCMPA's most challenging patients.
ALR Technologies to Conduct Clinical Trial With Premier Hospital of Chilean Health Ministry in Santiago
Marketwire - Mon Aug 11, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT) announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the leadership of Hospital Clinico Metropolitano La Florida, one of the largest and most prestigious public hospitals in Santiago, Chile, to conduct a clinical outcomes study utilizing ALRT's Health-e-Connect Diabetes Management System. The trial will also utilize ALRT's latest product offering, the Insulin Dose Adjustment Consult (IDAC) feature that allows primary care physicians to access -- electronically -- an insulin dose recommended by an endocrinologist.
ALRT President, Bill Smith, Appears on Fox Business News
Marketwire - Mon Aug 04, 12:22PM CDT
Bill Smith, president of ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the chronic care medical device company, appeared on Fox Business News this morning to discuss Medicare's proposed reimbursement for remote chronic care management.
The Kansas City Metropolitan Physician Association and ALR Technologies Announce Diabetes Management Partnership
Marketwire - Tue Jul 29, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the chronic care medical device company, announced a commercial partnership with the Kansas City Metropolitan Physician Association (KCMPA), one of the nation's premier Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)(1). Under the agreement, KCMPA, which has made diabetes management a key focus of its Quality Improvement Plan, will enroll 200 of its patients with Type 2 diabetes into ALRT's Health-e-Connect diabetes management system. The partnership between ALRT and KCMPA represents the first commercial deployment of ALRT's Health-e-Connect System and has the potential to be ALRT's first U.S.-based, revenue-generating, commercial market partnership.
ALR Technologies Announces Remote Insulin Dosing Consultations by World-Renowned Diabetologist
Marketwire - Tue Jul 15, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies (OTCQB: ALRT) a medical device company providing remote monitoring and care facilitation for patients with chronic diseases, announces today that online consultations for its new Insulin Dose Adjustment Consultation System (IDAC) will be provided by the endocrinology practice of Dr. Mayer B. Davidson, one of the world's leading experts on diabetes and insulin.
Proposed CMS Rules Present ALRT With Significant New Market Opportunities for Remote Monitoring of Patients With Chronic Conditions
Marketwire - Thu Jul 10, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies (OTCQB: ALRT) a medical device company providing remote monitoring and care facilitation for patients with chronic conditions, welcomes proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules for remote monitoring of patients with chronic conditions.
Nipro to Partner with ALR Technologies on Chilean Clinical Trial
GlobeNewswire - Tue Jan 20, 7:12AM CST
ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT) announced that Nipro Diagnostics, Inc. and Nipro Medical Corporation have agreed to participate in a clinical outcomes study to be conducted by ALRT and Hospital Clinico Metropolitano La Florida, one of the largest and most prestigious public hospitals in Santiago, Chile. Nipro will provide its latest blood glucose meter, TRUE METRIX, to all participants in the trial as well as diagnostic supplies such as blood glucose test strips and data management cables. In addition, Nipro employees will assist with subject enrollment and other logistical tasks related to the pilot. Subject enrollment in the pilot is due to begin early next year.
ALRT System May Help Providers Meet Chronic Care Management Reimbursement Requirements
GlobeNewswire - Wed Jan 07, 7:38AM CST
Medical practices may be able to secure new revenue while they improve outcomes for patients with diabetes by using Health-e-Connect, the remote diabetes care management system from ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT).
CMS to Reimburse Physicians for Remote Chronic Care Starting January 1, 2015
Marketwired - Tue Nov 04, 7:18AM CST
Beginning January 1, 2015, physicians can bill Medicare for "non-face-to-face" chronic care management (CCM) according to the final 2015 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) adopted Friday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This decision opens up an enormous opportunity for companies, such as ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), who offer non-face-to-face remote monitoring programs for chronic disease.
ALR Technologies Advocates For Sensible Medicare Reimbursement of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) for Diabetes Patients
Marketwired - Mon Oct 20, 7:18AM CDT
In a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Bill Smith, President of ALR Technologies (OTCQB: ALRT) advocated for CMS reimbursement for continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGM) for Type 1 diabetes patients as well as higher-risk Type 2 patients. However, Smith argued that most Type 2 patients should first be encouraged to seek Internet-based remote chronic care management and then to step up to CGM if they don't achieve their health goals on the more cost-effective, Internet-based monitoring.
ALR Technologies Enters Latin America with Clinical Trials in Chile
ACCESSWIRE - Tue Oct 14, 7:01AM CDT
Richmond, VA / ACCESSWIRE / October 14, 2014 / ALR Technologies Inc. (OTC: ALRT) has signed an agreement to launch a clinical outcomes study in Chile as a potential solution to the growing number of diabetic patients in Latin America. ALRT's Health-e-Connect is the only off-the-shelf, FDA-cleared system to allow diabetic patients to remotely connect with physicians through a secure website, where Diabetes Care Facilitators (DCFs) regularly monitor the patients' data looking for readings outside of specified parameters.The upcoming trial follows ALRT's first large-scale commercial deployment of the Health-e-Connect system in the United States through the Kansas City Metropolitan Physicians Association in September. The Latin America trial will treat 100 diabetic patients in Santiago, Chile, with a successful trial expected to help establish a presence for ALRT in the large Latin American market.
Health-e-Connect: The FDA-Cleared System at the Forefront of Remote Diabetes Care
ACCESSWIRE - Tue Oct 07, 7:02AM CDT
Richmond, VA / ACCESSWIRE / October 7, 2014 / ALR Technologies' (ALRT) new FDA-cleared Remote Patient Monitoring system may finally allow doctors and clinicians to receive reimbursement for remote chronic care management, and it could become one of the most influential platforms for managing diabetes. ALRT's Health-e-Connect is the only off-the-shelf chronic care system connecting diabetes patients with an experienced care team as well their own physicians - anywhere in the country - through a secure and trusted website. If the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed payment schedule is finalized on November 1, physicians would receive payments of $41.92 for up to 20 minutes of remote care each month.Implementation of the proposed reimbursement plan would pave the way for ALRT to begin invoicing and collecting revenue for its services for diabetes patients covered by Medicare.Capturing just 1% of the US Medicare market as it pertains to diabetes would represent up to $2.3 million per month in potential revenue to ALRT.
ALR Technologies President Bill Smith Discusses the Rapid Changes to Diabetic Care on the "Good Life Revolution" with Jesse Dylan
ACCESSWIRE - Mon Sep 29, 11:03AM CDT
Richmond, VA and Vancouver, BC / ACCESSWIRE / September 29, 2014 / ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the chronic care medical device company positioned at the forefront of remote patient care, is pleased to announce that company president Bill Smith was a guest on the "Good Life Revolution" with award winning host Jesse Dylan, powered by Megacast. Smith explains how the company's proprietary Health-e-Connect device is paving the way for the future of Remote Patient Care by eliminating complications with patient data and cutting Health Care costs whilst creating a unique pool of profit for the Company.
ALR Technologies Begins Enrolling Patients in Kansas City
Marketwire - Tue Sep 09, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the chronic care medical device company, is pleased to announce the first large-scale commercial deployment of Health-e-Connect, the Company's robust remote disease management platform. This week, a team from ALRT and the Kansas City Metropolitan Physician Association (KCMPA) began enrolling patients with Type 2 diabetes and A1c levels above 8 percent in a trial of the Health-e-Connect system. The enrollment is an innovative diabetes management component of KCMPA's Quality Improvement Plan designed to achieve lower A1c scores for some of KCMPA's most challenging patients.
ALR Technologies to Conduct Clinical Trial With Premier Hospital of Chilean Health Ministry in Santiago
Marketwire - Mon Aug 11, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT) announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the leadership of Hospital Clinico Metropolitano La Florida, one of the largest and most prestigious public hospitals in Santiago, Chile, to conduct a clinical outcomes study utilizing ALRT's Health-e-Connect Diabetes Management System. The trial will also utilize ALRT's latest product offering, the Insulin Dose Adjustment Consult (IDAC) feature that allows primary care physicians to access -- electronically -- an insulin dose recommended by an endocrinologist.
ALRT President, Bill Smith, Appears on Fox Business News
Marketwire - Mon Aug 04, 12:22PM CDT
Bill Smith, president of ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the chronic care medical device company, appeared on Fox Business News this morning to discuss Medicare's proposed reimbursement for remote chronic care management.
The Kansas City Metropolitan Physician Association and ALR Technologies Announce Diabetes Management Partnership
Marketwire - Tue Jul 29, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the chronic care medical device company, announced a commercial partnership with the Kansas City Metropolitan Physician Association (KCMPA), one of the nation's premier Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)(1). Under the agreement, KCMPA, which has made diabetes management a key focus of its Quality Improvement Plan, will enroll 200 of its patients with Type 2 diabetes into ALRT's Health-e-Connect diabetes management system. The partnership between ALRT and KCMPA represents the first commercial deployment of ALRT's Health-e-Connect System and has the potential to be ALRT's first U.S.-based, revenue-generating, commercial market partnership.
ALR Technologies Announces Remote Insulin Dosing Consultations by World-Renowned Diabetologist
Marketwire - Tue Jul 15, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies (OTCQB: ALRT) a medical device company providing remote monitoring and care facilitation for patients with chronic diseases, announces today that online consultations for its new Insulin Dose Adjustment Consultation System (IDAC) will be provided by the endocrinology practice of Dr. Mayer B. Davidson, one of the world's leading experts on diabetes and insulin.
Proposed CMS Rules Present ALRT With Significant New Market Opportunities for Remote Monitoring of Patients With Chronic Conditions
Marketwire - Thu Jul 10, 7:18AM CDT
ALR Technologies (OTCQB: ALRT) a medical device company providing remote monitoring and care facilitation for patients with chronic conditions, welcomes proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules for remote monitoring of patients with chronic conditions.
