Hospitalization is a missed opportunity for HIV screening, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and treatment
DISCUSSION: We observed poor provision of HIV testing, PrEP and other HIV services for hospitalized PWID across multiple U.S. medical centers. Future initiatives should focus on providing this group with comprehensive HIV testing and treatment services through a status neutral approach.PMID:38528590 | PMC:PMC10964564 | DOI:10.1186/s13722-024-00451-z (Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice)
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - March 26, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: William Bradford Hana Akselrod John Bassler Kelly W Gagnon Greer Burkholder Joseph Edward Carpenter Alaina Steck Jillian Catalanotti Irene Kuo Keanan McGonigle William Mai Melissa Notis Christopher Brokus Sarah Kattakuzhy Elana Rosenthal Ellen F Eaton Source Type: research
Hospitalization is a missed opportunity for HIV screening, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and treatment
DISCUSSION: We observed poor provision of HIV testing, PrEP and other HIV services for hospitalized PWID across multiple U.S. medical centers. Future initiatives should focus on providing this group with comprehensive HIV testing and treatment services through a status neutral approach.PMID:38528590 | PMC:PMC10964564 | DOI:10.1186/s13722-024-00451-z (Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice)
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - March 26, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: William Bradford Hana Akselrod John Bassler Kelly W Gagnon Greer Burkholder Joseph Edward Carpenter Alaina Steck Jillian Catalanotti Irene Kuo Keanan McGonigle William Mai Melissa Notis Christopher Brokus Sarah Kattakuzhy Elana Rosenthal Ellen F Eaton Source Type: research
Hospitalization is a missed opportunity for HIV screening, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and treatment
DISCUSSION: We observed poor provision of HIV testing, PrEP and other HIV services for hospitalized PWID across multiple U.S. medical centers. Future initiatives should focus on providing this group with comprehensive HIV testing and treatment services through a status neutral approach.PMID:38528590 | PMC:PMC10964564 | DOI:10.1186/s13722-024-00451-z (Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice)
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - March 26, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: William Bradford Hana Akselrod John Bassler Kelly W Gagnon Greer Burkholder Joseph Edward Carpenter Alaina Steck Jillian Catalanotti Irene Kuo Keanan McGonigle William Mai Melissa Notis Christopher Brokus Sarah Kattakuzhy Elana Rosenthal Ellen F Eaton Source Type: research
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening With a Blood Test That Meets the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Coverage Decision
Current test performance characteristics of blood-based colorectal cancer screening tests are insufficient to justify their high costs compared with less expensive and more effective alternatives such as fecal immunochemical testing, triennial stool DNA testing combined with a fecal immunochemical testing assay, and colonoscopy. (Source: Gastroenterology)
Source: Gastroenterology - March 26, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Rosita van den Puttelaar, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Amy B. Knudsen, Carolyn M. Rutter, Karen M. Kuntz, Lucie de Jonge, Fernando Alarid Escudero, David Lieberman, Ann G. Zauber, Anne I. Hahn, John M. Inadomi, Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar Tags: Clinical - Alimentary Tract Source Type: research
Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Nerve Implanted into Muscle versus Targeted Muscle Reinnervation versus Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface, for Treatment of the Painful Neuroma
Conclusion Evaluation of costs and utilities associated with the various surgical options for the management of painful neuromas suggest that nerve implantation into muscle is the least expensive option with the best improvement in QALY, while demonstrating comparable outcomes to TMR and RPNI with regard to pain symptoms. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery)
Source: Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery - March 26, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Zamore, Zachary Yesantharao, Pooja S. Aravind, Pathik Dellon, A. Lee Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
CMS Offers Extensions in Wake of Cybersecurity Attack on Change Healthcare
Last month, Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of United Healthcare, experienced a massive cybersecurity attack that continues to impact insurance payments to hospitals and health practices. While Change Healthcare works to restore key systems to enable claim processing, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken steps to assist impacted physicians.Physicians impacted by the cyberattack may requestadvance Medicare payments to help with cash flow disruptions. More details of the program, terms, and the steps needed to apply can be found in the CMSFact Sheet andFAQ.CMS has also extended the 2023 MIPS (Merit...
Source: Psychiatr News - March 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: billing Change Healthcare CMS cyberattack hardship application health insurance Medicaid Medicare MIPS Source Type: research
Satisfaction With Care Among Cancer Survivors With Medicare Coverage: Are There Rural Versus Urban Inequities?
CONCLUSIONS: Health care providers serving rural areas may need to consider new strategies to satisfy some of the unique needs of rural cancer survivors, such as better organizing services at single clinic sites and utilizing telehealth when feasible to reduce the need to travel for in-person services.PMID:38523417 | DOI:10.1177/21501319241240342 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - March 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Tyrone F Borders Source Type: research
Racial Disparities in Low-Value Care in the Last Year of Life for Medicare Beneficiaries With Neurodegenerative Disease
This study evaluated racial disparities in the utilization of high-value and low-value care in the last year of life among Medicare beneficiaries with dementia or Parkinson disease.METHODS: This was a retrospective, population-based cohort analysis using data from North and South Carolina fee-for-service Medicare claims between 2013 and 2017. We created a decedent cohort of beneficiaries aged 50 years or older at diagnosis with dementia or Parkinson disease. Specific low-value utilization outcomes were selected from the Choosing Wisely initiative, including cancer screening, peripheral artery stenting, and feeding tube pla...
Source: Clinical Colorectal Cancer - March 25, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margarethe E Goetz Cassie B Ford Melissa A Greiner Amy Clark Kim G Johnson Brystana G Kaufman Sneha Mantri Ying Xian Richard J O'Brien Emily C O'Brien Jay B Lusk Source Type: research
Satisfaction With Care Among Cancer Survivors With Medicare Coverage: Are There Rural Versus Urban Inequities?
CONCLUSIONS: Health care providers serving rural areas may need to consider new strategies to satisfy some of the unique needs of rural cancer survivors, such as better organizing services at single clinic sites and utilizing telehealth when feasible to reduce the need to travel for in-person services.PMID:38523417 | PMC:PMC10962042 | DOI:10.1177/21501319241240342 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - March 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Tyrone F Borders Source Type: research
Racial Disparities in Low-Value Care in the Last Year of Life for Medicare Beneficiaries With Neurodegenerative Disease
This study evaluated racial disparities in the utilization of high-value and low-value care in the last year of life among Medicare beneficiaries with dementia or Parkinson disease.METHODS: This was a retrospective, population-based cohort analysis using data from North and South Carolina fee-for-service Medicare claims between 2013 and 2017. We created a decedent cohort of beneficiaries aged 50 years or older at diagnosis with dementia or Parkinson disease. Specific low-value utilization outcomes were selected from the Choosing Wisely initiative, including cancer screening, peripheral artery stenting, and feeding tube pla...
Source: Clinical Colorectal Cancer - March 25, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margarethe E Goetz Cassie B Ford Melissa A Greiner Amy Clark Kim G Johnson Brystana G Kaufman Sneha Mantri Ying Xian Richard J O'Brien Emily C O'Brien Jay B Lusk Source Type: research
Association between prolactin increasing antipsychotic use and the risk of breast cancer: a retrospective observational cohort study in a United States Medicaid population
This study assessed the association between use of high prolactin increasing antipsychotics (HPD) and the incidence of breast cancer using best practices in pharmacoepidemiology.MethodsUsing administrative claims data from the MarketScan Medicaid database, schizophrenia patients initiating antipsychotics were identified. Those initiating HPD were compared with new users of non/low prolactin increasing drugs (NPD). Two definitions of breast cancer, two at-risk periods, and two large-scale propensity score (PS) adjustment methods were used in separate analyses. PS models included all previously diagnosed conditions, medicati...
Source: Frontiers in Oncology - March 25, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Prenatal opioid use as a predictor of postpartum suicide attempts among reproductive-age women enrolled in Oregon Medicaid
The rates of suicide and opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant and postpartum women continue to increase. This research characterized OUD and suicide attempts among Medicaid-enrolled perinatal women and exa... (Source: BMC Women's Health)
Source: BMC Women's Health - March 25, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Jangho Yoon, Mandana Masoumirad, Linh N. Bui, Patrick Richard and S. Marie Harvey Tags: Research Source Type: research
Technology, data, people, and partnerships in addressing unmet social needs within Medicaid Managed Care
Individuals with unmet social needs experience adverse health outcomes and are subject to greater inequities in health and social outcomes. Given the high prevalence of unmet needs among Medicaid enrollees, ma... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - March 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Rachel Hogg-Graham, Allison M. Scott, Emily R. Clear, Elizabeth N. Riley and Teresa M. Waters Tags: Research Source Type: research
Disparities in Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma Initial Presentation Between a Public Safety Net Hospital and Tertiary Academic Medical Center at the Same Zip Code 2010 to 2020
CONCLUSIONS: Hearing was worse and tumor size larger in patients presenting to PSNH. Despite worse hearing status and larger tumor size, the majority of PSNH patients were initially offered observation, compared to TAMC where most patients were initially offered surgery.PMID:38517145 | DOI:10.1177/00034894241241201 (Source: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology)
Source: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology - March 22, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Raffaello M Cutri Joshua Lin Melissa L Wilson Joni K Doherty Dorothy W Pan Source Type: research
Disparities in Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma Initial Presentation Between a Public Safety Net Hospital and Tertiary Academic Medical Center at the Same Zip Code 2010 to 2020
CONCLUSIONS: Hearing was worse and tumor size larger in patients presenting to PSNH. Despite worse hearing status and larger tumor size, the majority of PSNH patients were initially offered observation, compared to TAMC where most patients were initially offered surgery.PMID:38517145 | DOI:10.1177/00034894241241201 (Source: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology)
Source: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology - March 22, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Raffaello M Cutri Joshua Lin Melissa L Wilson Joni K Doherty Dorothy W Pan Source Type: research
