Heart Monitors

TRICARE may cover the use of heart monitors as durable medical equipment for in-home diagnostic data-collection or in-home clinical management of a condition or suspected condition which places the beneficiary at extraordinary risk of life-threatening cardiorespiratory complications that would require 24-hour per day observation would otherwise be clinically indicated.

TRICARE also covers services and items used conjunction with a covered heart monitor.

TRICARE doesn't cover:

  • Screening Pneumograms (a 12- to 24-hour pneumogram (recordings of heart rate and thoracic impedance) accomplished solely as a predictive test for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk or life-threatening apnea risk.
  • Back-up electrical system or any alteration to the beneficiary’s living space.
  • Equipment which monitors only respiration or cardiac function.
Disclaimer:

This list of covered services is not all inclusive. TRICARE covers services that are medically necessaryTo be medically necessary means it is appropriate, reasonable, and adequate for your condition. and considered proven. There are special rules or limits on certain services, and some services are excluded.

Last Updated 3/20/2022