CMS Releases E&M Updates, Expands Telehealth, Makes ACO Changes

August 04, 2020

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Evidence may support a greater comorbidity burden among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), although this finding was shown to be worse among women with HFpEF.

August 04, 2020

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Life expectancy trends in the United States "paint a trouble portrait of life and death," according to a new study published in The Milibank Quarterly. State policies have played an important role in the stagnation and recent decline in life expectancy.

August 04, 2020

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Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia delivered via telemedicine was found to be noninferior to in-person delivery in managing severity, with similar improvements in daytime functioning exhibited between the 2 methods, according to study findings.

August 04, 2020

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A Health Affairs study found 49% of all rural low-income communities have no intensive care unit beds; New York loosened its restrictions granting hospitals and care facilities some legal immunity during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; all students in New Jersey will be required to wear masks in school.

August 03, 2020

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Higher-income countries are seeing their rates of premenopausal breast cancer increase faster, whereas cases of postmenopausal breast cancer are increasing in number faster in lower-income studies.

August 03, 2020

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The ruling reversed a lower court ruling regarding the drug discount program for hospitals that serve patients covered by Medicaid.

August 03, 2020

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Throughout the country, rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 prove stressful for individuals most at risk of dying from the disease, including those with underlying conditions such as diabetes. Compounding this issue, new results from a study published in Psychoneuroendocrinology show the stress hormone cortisol is associated with higher blood sugar levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D), suggesting cortisol plays a detrimental role in contributing to glycemia in this population.

August 03, 2020

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Overall, there are 145 registered and ongoing clinical trials for therapies targeting Parkinson disease, of which 28 are currently in phase 3, according to review findings.

August 03, 2020

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Ranibizumab, in combination with prompt verteporfin photodynamic therapy, is more effective in treating polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy compared with ranibizumab monotherapy, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

August 03, 2020

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Inpatient admissions and medical spend were reduced by more than 40% for the most engaged patients in Evolent's population health program.