However, it is unclear whether these differences also occur among patients with kidney failure, who were newly allowed to switch to Medicare Advantage after the 21st Century Cares Act. We used data from the United States Renal Data System to examine differences in characteristics of dialysis ...
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MedicaremortalityNational Death IndexPurpose In the United States, the National Death Index (NDI) is the most complete source of death information, while epidemiologic studies with mortality outcomes often rely on U.S. Medicare data for outcome ascertainment. The purpose of this study was to assess...
Over the past decade across multiple surgical specialties, Medicare reimbursement rates have remained stagnant, failing to keep pace with inflation. An internal comparison of subspecialties within plastic surgery has not yet been attempted. The goal of this study was to investigate the trends in ...
(allP<.001).#Our investigation using a national Medicare data set (2013-2019) found that the 3 types of ankle fractures (unimalleolar, bimalleolar, and trimalleolar) performed by orthopaedic surgeons in an outpatient setting were less expensive and that cost differences do not appear to be ...
Discussion: Comparing Trends in Medicare Reimbursement and Inflation within Plastic Surgery Subspecialtiesdoi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000010995Eric L.,WanDaisy L.,SpoerLauren E.,BergerSamuel S.,HuffmanDavid H.,SongPlastic and reconstructive surgery