Opinion
Fish pedicures
Fish pedicures have a long-standing history in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures for aiding such skin conditions as psoriasis and helping...
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Medicare’s bundled pay plan didn’t deliver big cost savings
Conference Coverage
Bivalent HPV vaccine brings no significant increase in 38 potential adverse outcomes
MALMO, SWEDEN – “Our results contribute evidence to combat public skepticism, anxiety, fears of adverse events, and possible opposition to HPV...
Physician Resources
CDC now offering CME course on HPV vaccination
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CMS considers expanding telemedicine payments
The proposed rule would pay doctors for an expanded number of telemedicine services and add payment for virtual check-ins by phone or other...
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Assessing adverse events tied to outpatient opioid use in children
Conference Coverage
More testing of febrile infants at teaching vs. community hospitals, but similar outcomes
TORONTO – Community hospitals do as well as university-affiliated hospitals in treating febrile infants.
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Urgent care and retail clinics fuel inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Urgent care and retail clinics are “underrecognized” contributors to the ongoing problem of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
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Special care advised for HIV-infected patients with diabetes
Unique challenges require adjustments to normal diagnostics and treatment, endocrinologist says
News
AGA Clinical Practice Update: Statins are safe, effective, and important for most patients with liver disease and dyslipidemia
With a few exceptions, patients with liver disease should receive lipid-lowering agents at full dose.
Guidelines
AHRQ National Guideline Clearinghouse shutting down
Although some stakeholders are interested in keeping it going, it’s unclear what that would look like and what role, if any, AHRQ would have.
From the Journals
Mosaic HIV-1 vaccine stimulates broad antigenicity, enters phase 2b human efficacy trial
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Sweeping reductions to documentation included in Medicare fee schedule proposal
E&M changes alone could save you 51 hours a year, CMS officials estimate.
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Primary efficacy not met by new M. tuberculosis vaccine strategies
“These encouraging findings provide an impetus to reevaluate the use of BCG revaccination of populations that are free of M. tuberculosis...
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Transplanting HCV-infected kidneys in HCV-infected patients showed positive outcomes, costs
From the Journals
Antibodies to HCV core protein can be expressed in E. coli and silkworms
Feature
What might Kavanaugh confirmation mean for ACA, abortion access?
Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Trump on July 9.
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Practice Management
- CMS considers expanding telemedicine payments
- AHRQ National Guideline Clearinghouse shutting down
- Sweeping reductions to documentation included in Medicare fee schedule proposal
- What might Kavanaugh confirmation mean for ACA, abortion access?
- CMS holds ACA risk adjustment payments following legal ruling
- Drug price transparency laws gain ground
- GOP Doctors Caucus seeks lower MIPS threshold
- Despite U.S. court’s ruling, Medicaid work requirements advance in other states
- Cost led to missed care for 4.5% of Americans in 2017
- Trump administration proposes changes to HHS, FDA
Commentary
Clinical Edge
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Predictors of Longitudinal PrEP Adherence Among MSM
July 9, 2018
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Decreasing Incidence of SSTIs at US EDs
July 9, 2018
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ID Consultation & Clinical Outcomes in SAB
July 9, 2018
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Prevalence of Trichomonas Vaginalis in US males
July 9, 2018
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Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with HBV
June 25, 2018
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