Metastatic prostate cancer remains a therapeutic challenge. Based on data of the STAMPEDE trial, patients with a low metastatic burden showed prolonged failure-free and overall survival when treated with prostate radio therapy (RT) in addition to standar
In 2023, more than 30 million Americans chose Medicare Advantage plans over Original Medicare to make sure they had extended coverage for the services they needed (e.g.,dental, hearing,vision).6Medicare Advantage plans come at an added cost to beneficiaries, who usually pay higher monthly premiu...
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Nevertheless, specialties that provided fewer E/M services, such as radiology and general surgery, did see payment declines. Sensitivity analyses using the second half of 2019 and the second half of 2018 as the comparison years rather than the second half of 2020 revealed greater shrinkage ...
CMS proposes updating the definition of primary care services used for beneficiary assignment to remain consistent with billing and coding guidelines. Additionally, CMS is proposing to make refinements to the benchmarking methodology for ACOs beginning on Jan. 1, 2024, and in subsequent y...
Additionally, states had varying testing and quarantine guidelines at different time points. Thus, there may be regional differences beyond the results we present nationally. Conclusions To our knowledge, this cohort study is the first national study using CMS claims data to evaluate COVID-19 ...
A reimbursement gap remained across all three subspecialties on multivariable analysis (−$14,963.46, −$8,354.69, and −$4,346.73 for general surgeons, surgical oncologists, and colorectal surgeons, respectively). "These data suggest that gender-based disparities in surgeon practices, billing,...
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The Fluency Plus Endovascular Stent Graft also demonstrated significantly improved primary patency compared with PTA alone for the treatment of ISR related to AVF/AVG (19). However, the added benefits of SGs come at a higher cost. Thus, the purpose of our study was to conduct a cost analysis...
Morris AA, Khazanie P, Drazner MH, et al; American Heart Association Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology; Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention; and Council on...