News: Hospital-onset sepsis often attributed to infection, according to...
Among 250 hospital-onset sepsis events reviewed across nine hospitals, 79% were attributed to infections. Additionally, out of 100 infection-related cases selected for preventability assessment, 31...
View ArticleNews: CDC survey finds continued decline in HAIs
The prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in United States hospitals declined between 2015 and 2023, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey. The...
View ArticleNews: 2027 CPT code set released, bringing new codes and revisions
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced the 2027 CPT code set includes 299 new codes, 74 revisions, and 80 deletions coming to a variety of services.Beginning January 1, 2027, the...
View ArticleNews: Quality improvement educational program linked to drop in...
An educational quality improvement program focused on evidence-based practices was associated with a 65% reduction in hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia events...
View ArticleNews: AI tool quicker, not more accurate than humans when diagnosing rheum...
Prof. Valmed, a large language model (LLM) cleared for medical diagnosis, outperformed human physicians for diagnosing rheumatologic conditions in terms of speed, but not accuracy, a trial found.The...
View ArticleNews: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is prevalent, according to CDC...
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlighted the prevalence of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the potential health consequences of prenatal alcohol...
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...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Housing insecurity associated with increased serious mental illness...
Expiring eviction moratoriums were associated with an increase in outpatient visits from serious mental illness, according to a recent study published in JAMA Health Forum.Housing security is a social...
View ArticleNews: Senators introduce 340B legislation, encouraging transparency and...
A bipartisan group of United States senators introduced the Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability and Integrity Now and for the Future of 340B Act (SUSTAIN 340B Act)....
View ArticleNews: Probiotic sepsis risk in very preterm infants remains exceedingly low,...
Probiotic-associated invasive infections were rare in very preterm infants, according to a large retrospective cohort study from JAMA Network Open.For this study, researchers evaluated 107,505 very...
View ArticleNews: OIG issues semiannual report to Congress, making recommendations for...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its semiannual report to Congress. The latest version summarized key oversight activities conducted between October 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026. The...
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