News: Encephalitis survivors found to have an increased risk of dementia,...
Patients who survived encephalitis had an increased risk of developing dementia and related diagnoses when compared with matched control individuals, a study posted in the Journal of Neurology...
View ArticleNews: CMS requests updated billing information from qualifying APM participants
CMS released an advisory for certain clinicians who are qualifying alternative payment model (APM) participants and are eligible to receive APM incentive payments, notifying them that their current...
View ArticleNews: OIG audit finds unsupported stroke diagnoses may have led to millions...
A report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) estimates that Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations may have received nearly $462 million in improper payments after submitting unsupported acute...
View ArticleNews: Preoperative GLP-1s do not diminish bariatric surgery results, study finds
Bariatric surgery patients who took GLP-1 medications prior to surgery lost the same amount of weight after one year as individuals who were unexposed to GLP-1s, according to a retrospective review...
View ArticleNews: CMS issues updated prior authorization reporting guidance
CMS released updated guidance that strengthens federal transparency requirements for prior authorization.The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule published in 2024 requires payers to...
View ArticleNews: MDD among VHA outpatients potentially undertreated, study suggests
Most veterans receiving Veterans Health Administration (VHA) outpatient care for major depressive disorder (MDD) are receiving their recommended treatment. However, a growing proportion are not,...
View ArticleNews: Study finds identifiable causes for breakthrough stroke in A-Fib...
Patients with atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) who experienced breakthrough ischemic stroke despite anticoagulation often had identifiable causes and faced increased short-term risks for recurrence and...
View ArticleNews: CDC survey finds continued decline in healthcare-associated infections...
The prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in United States hospitals declined between 2015 and 2023, according to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
View ArticleNews: Pulmonary artery stiffness may predict mortality risk in patients with...
In patients with mild pulmonary hypertension (PH), neither mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) nor pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) predicted mortality risks, whereas measures reflecting pulmonary...
View ArticleNews: Trial shows win for direct oral anticoagulant therapy in lower-risk Afib
Emerging data favored oral anticoagulation for lower-risk patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib), researchers found. Direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) therapy reduced the risk of composite...
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