Methotrexate Codes & Billing Updated
As of April 1, HCPCS codes for methotrexate have changed. The ACR is working with the CMS to determine how rheumatologists should bill Medicare corrrectly. (Source: The Rheumatologist)
Source: The Rheumatologist - April 22, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Authors: From the College Tags: Billing/Coding Methotrexate Methylprednisolone Source Type: research
Methylprednisolone Codes & Billing Updated
As of April 1, HCPCS codes for methylprednisolone have changed. The ACR is working with the CMS to determine how rheumatologists should bill Medicare corrrectly. (Source: The Rheumatologist)
Source: The Rheumatologist - April 22, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Authors: From the College Tags: Billing/Coding Methotrexate Methylprednisolone Source Type: research
Breakthrough Therapy Cancer Drugs and Indications With FDA Approval: Development Time, Innovation, Trials, Clinical Benefit, Epidemiology, and Price
CONCLUSIONS: The BTD expedites patient access to effective and innovative, but also expensive, new cancer drugs and indications.PMID:38648855 | DOI:10.6004/jnccn.2023.7110 (Source: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN)
Source: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN - April 22, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Daniel Tobias Michaeli Thomas Michaeli Source Type: research
Cost of disease progression among US patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Conclusion: Disease progression was associated with significant increases in HCRU and costs. Delays in progression were associated with lower cumulative healthcare costs. Earlier use of more clinically effective treatments to delay progression may reduce the economic burden among these patients.PMID:38647165 | DOI:10.57264/cer-2023-0166 (Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research)
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Clara Lam Brandon Diessner Katherine Andrade Sydnie Stackland Leah Park Sandhya Mehta Feng Lin Winghan Jackie Kwong Source Type: research
Effect of Health Service Area on Primary Care Physician Provision of Low-Value Cancer Screening
CONCLUSION: Physicians relocating to service areas with lower rates of LVC provided less LVC than physicians who stayed in areas with higher rates of LVC. Systemic structures may contribute to LVC. Understanding which factors are contributing may present opportunities for policy and interventions to broadly improve care.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.PMID:38648640 | DOI:10.7326/M23-1456 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kassandra Dindinger-Hill Joshua Horns Jacob Ambrose Jeffrey Vehawn Mouneeb Choudry Trevor C Hunt Jonathan Chipman Benjamin Haaland Jiaming Li Heidi A Hanson Brock O'Neil Source Type: research
Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates by Physician and Patient Sex
CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that patients have lower mortality and readmission rates when treated by female physicians, and the benefit of receiving treatments from female physicians is larger for female patients than for male patients.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg.PMID:38648639 | DOI:10.7326/M23-3163 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Atsushi Miyawaki Anupam B Jena Lisa S Rotenstein Yusuke Tsugawa Source Type: research
Audiometry Interpretation for Hearing Loss in Adults
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):316-323.ABSTRACTHearing loss is a prevalent, chronic condition in the United States; it is often gradual and progressive and is underreported by patients and undertreated by physicians. The impaired ability to effectively hear and communicate may result in negative emotional, cognitive, economic, and social consequences for individuals and may pose a safety risk. Questionnaires and smartphone apps are available to help identify and evaluate self-perceived hearing loss. Physicians should assess for objective hearing impairment when the patient or family member raises a concern or if cogniti...
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mandi Sehgal Alexandra Sellers Wendy S Biggs Source Type: research
Breakthrough Therapy Cancer Drugs and Indications With FDA Approval: Development Time, Innovation, Trials, Clinical Benefit, Epidemiology, and Price
CONCLUSIONS: The BTD expedites patient access to effective and innovative, but also expensive, new cancer drugs and indications.PMID:38648855 | DOI:10.6004/jnccn.2023.7110 (Source: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN)
Source: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN - April 22, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Daniel Tobias Michaeli Thomas Michaeli Source Type: research
Cost of disease progression among US patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Conclusion: Disease progression was associated with significant increases in HCRU and costs. Delays in progression were associated with lower cumulative healthcare costs. Earlier use of more clinically effective treatments to delay progression may reduce the economic burden among these patients.PMID:38647165 | PMC:PMC11036880 | DOI:10.57264/cer-2023-0166 (Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research)
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Clara Lam Brandon Diessner Katherine Andrade Sydnie Stackland Leah Park Sandhya Mehta Feng Lin Winghan Jackie Kwong Source Type: research
Effect of Health Service Area on Primary Care Physician Provision of Low-Value Cancer Screening
CONCLUSION: Physicians relocating to service areas with lower rates of LVC provided less LVC than physicians who stayed in areas with higher rates of LVC. Systemic structures may contribute to LVC. Understanding which factors are contributing may present opportunities for policy and interventions to broadly improve care.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.PMID:38648640 | DOI:10.7326/M23-1456 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kassandra Dindinger-Hill Joshua Horns Jacob Ambrose Jeffrey Vehawn Mouneeb Choudry Trevor C Hunt Jonathan Chipman Benjamin Haaland Jiaming Li Heidi A Hanson Brock O'Neil Source Type: research
Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates by Physician and Patient Sex
CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that patients have lower mortality and readmission rates when treated by female physicians, and the benefit of receiving treatments from female physicians is larger for female patients than for male patients.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg.PMID:38648639 | DOI:10.7326/M23-3163 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Atsushi Miyawaki Anupam B Jena Lisa S Rotenstein Yusuke Tsugawa Source Type: research
Audiometry Interpretation for Hearing Loss in Adults
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):316-323.ABSTRACTHearing loss is a prevalent, chronic condition in the United States; it is often gradual and progressive and is underreported by patients and undertreated by physicians. The impaired ability to effectively hear and communicate may result in negative emotional, cognitive, economic, and social consequences for individuals and may pose a safety risk. Questionnaires and smartphone apps are available to help identify and evaluate self-perceived hearing loss. Physicians should assess for objective hearing impairment when the patient or family member raises a concern or if cogniti...
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mandi Sehgal Alexandra Sellers Wendy S Biggs Source Type: research
Cost of disease progression among US patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Conclusion: Disease progression was associated with significant increases in HCRU and costs. Delays in progression were associated with lower cumulative healthcare costs. Earlier use of more clinically effective treatments to delay progression may reduce the economic burden among these patients.PMID:38647165 | PMC:PMC11036880 | DOI:10.57264/cer-2023-0166 (Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research)
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Clara Lam Brandon Diessner Katherine Andrade Sydnie Stackland Leah Park Sandhya Mehta Feng Lin Winghan Jackie Kwong Source Type: research
Effect of Health Service Area on Primary Care Physician Provision of Low-Value Cancer Screening
CONCLUSION: Physicians relocating to service areas with lower rates of LVC provided less LVC than physicians who stayed in areas with higher rates of LVC. Systemic structures may contribute to LVC. Understanding which factors are contributing may present opportunities for policy and interventions to broadly improve care.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.PMID:38648640 | DOI:10.7326/M23-1456 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kassandra Dindinger-Hill Joshua Horns Jacob Ambrose Jeffrey Vehawn Mouneeb Choudry Trevor C Hunt Jonathan Chipman Benjamin Haaland Jiaming Li Heidi A Hanson Brock O'Neil Source Type: research
Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates by Physician and Patient Sex
CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that patients have lower mortality and readmission rates when treated by female physicians, and the benefit of receiving treatments from female physicians is larger for female patients than for male patients.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg.PMID:38648639 | DOI:10.7326/M23-3163 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Atsushi Miyawaki Anupam B Jena Lisa S Rotenstein Yusuke Tsugawa Source Type: research
