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CMS pushes ACOs to take on more risk
ACOs that only take on upside risk generally are spending more money and not generating savings, according to CMS Adminstrator Seema Verma.
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Treating sleep disorders in chronic opioid users
Continuous-positive airway pressure may not be an effective therapy for patients with sleep disorders who are using opioids.
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Doctors decry inaction on physician-focused APMs
So far, PTAC has sent at least 10 APMs to the CMS. To date, not a single one has been approved or even tested on a limited scale.
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ED visits up for acute pancreatitis linked to younger age, alcohol, chronic disease
Young patients with alcohol abuse disorder may be an important group to target.
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Nonpharmacologic treatment of chronic pain: What works?
Which therapies should you recommend for chronic low back pain, osteoarthritis, or fibromyalgia? This review—with 3 handy tables—summarizes the...
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Who are the 'high-need, high-cost' patients?
Significant predictors included Medicare or Medicaid insurance, lower income, first hospitalization in a large rural hospital, high comorbidity...
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Incident heart failure linked to HIV infection
AMSTERDAM – Medical records from a large U.S. health system suggest that incident heart failure independently links to HIV infection.
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Colorectal cancer: New observations, new implications
We may need to consider expanding our risk concepts to include not only genetic and personal risk factors but also environmental factors.
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CMS proposes site-neutral payments for hospital outpatient setting
Site-neutral payments could save the government – and patients – money on every visit.
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Mild cognitive impairment risk slashed by 19% in SPRINT MIND
Clinicians are calling blood pressure drugs the first disease-modifying therapy for MCI.
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How to prescribe effectively for opioid use disorder
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FDA approves Orilissa for endometriosis pain
Orilissa (elagolix) is the first FDA-approved oral treatment for moderate to severe endometriosis pain in more than a decade.
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Pregnancy and years of reproductive capability linked to dementia risk
CHICAGO – The findings suggest that lifelong estrogen exposure may exert a neuroprotective effect in women.
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Deaths from liver disease surged in U.S. since 1999
Deaths from cirrhosis increased by 65.4% and deaths from hepatocellular carcinoma by 117%.
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Antibiotic Use Among US Older Adults
August 14, 2018
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Healthy Behaviors & Reduced Risk of Obesity
August 14, 2018
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Modifiable Risk Factors in New BP Categories
August 14, 2018
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Psychological Screening for Youth with Abdominal Pain
August 14, 2018
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Low-Calorie Sweetened Beverages & Cardiometabolic Health
August 14, 2018
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Reducing Deep Joint Infection in Hip Hemiarthroplasty—A Quality Improvement Project -
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Evaluation of an Enhanced Discharge Summary Template: Building a Better Handoff Document
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Patient-Physician Communication and Diabetes Self-Care
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