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Sinus procedures in the Medicare population from 2000 to 2014: A recent balloon sinuplasty explosion
ConclusionAlthough the total number of sinus procedures increased from 2000 to 2014, the number of BSP increased at a substantially greater rate since the introduction of CPT codes for these procedures in 2011. Nationwide increases in sinus providers were driven by new providers performing balloon‐guided procedures.
Level of Evidence4. Laryngoscope, 2017
Source: The Laryngoscope - April 1, 2017 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Nathaniel E. Calixto, Twyla Gregg ‐Jaymes, Jonathan Liang, Nancy Jiang Tags: Allergy/Rhinology Source Type: research
There's A Strong Chance You Are Paying For Expensive Medical Billing Mistakes
Medical bills are the gift that keeps on giving. Having lost my husband in January, I can attest that not even death puts an end to the steady stream of bills for his care that I still get in the mail. Balance billing, services not covered, out-of-network doctors ― they all come back to haunt you in the form of bills ― including a good number from doctors you’ve never met or heard of, and who you don’t when or why even saw your loved one.
The bills? I expected them. What I didn’t expect was to learn that medical bills notoriously contain errors ― big errors. While there are no comprehensive statisti...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chronic sinonasal tract inflammation as a precursor to nasopharyngeal carcinoma and sinonasal malignancy in the United States
ConclusionsCRS and AR are associated with the presence of NPC and PSM in the elderly population of United States. This epidemiologic association will need to be examined for causative pathophysiologic mechanisms and utility in clinical diagnosis.
Source: International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology - May 23, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Eric L. Wu, Charles A. Riley, Mei ‐Chin Hsieh, Michael J. Marino, Xiao‐Cheng Wu, Edward D. McCoul Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Report: Mylan may have overcharged US by $1.3B for EpiPen
Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) shares dipped slightly in mid-afternoon trading today after Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) office released a Health and Human Services estimate claiming that taxpayers overpaid by as much as $1.27 billion for Mylan’s EpiPen device from 2006 to 2016.
The charges stem from Mylan’s decision to classify the emergency allergy auto-injector as a generic, instead of a branded product under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Misclassifying the device allowed the company to pay the government a 13% rebate instead of a 23% rebate. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services repeatedly warned Mylan that the...
Source: Mass Device - May 31, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations Pharmaceuticals Wall Street Beat Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Mylan Source Type: news
Industry relationships are associated with performing a greater number of sinus balloon dilation procedures
ConclusionThere is an association between receiving money from industry and the frequency with which otolaryngologists employ BD. Although our analysis demonstrates an association, these results in no way imply causation. Further analysis exploring the reasons for this association may be necessary.
Source: International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology - June 1, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Jean Anderson Eloy, Peter F. Svider, Michael Bobian, Richard J. Harvey, Stacey T. Gray, Soly Baredes, Adam J. Folbe Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Disparities in sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma short ‐ and long‐term outcomes: Analysis from the national cancer database
ConclusionsSociodemographic and economic differences in outcomes of patients with sinonasal SCC cancer exist. An understanding of these differences may help minimize disparities in oncologic treatment.
Level of Evidence2c. Laryngoscope, 2017
Source: The Laryngoscope - August 16, 2017 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Ryan M. Carey, Arjun K. Parasher, Alan D. Workman, Carol H. Yan, Jordan T. Glicksman, Jinbo Chen, James N. Palmer, Nithin D. Adappa, Jason G. Newman, Jason A Brant Tags: Allergy/Rhinology Source Type: research
Mylan inks $465m settlement with DOJ over EpiPen Medicaid classification
Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) said today that it inked a $465 million deal with U.S. Dept. of Justice to settle claims that it misclassified its EpiPen allergy auto-injector device with the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.
In October last year, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said that Mylan had been overcharging Medicaid for its EpiPen device for years, despite being warned that it should have paid bigger rebates.
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Source: Mass Device - August 17, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations Legal News Pharmaceuticals Wall Street Beat Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Mylan Source Type: news
Decomposition Analysis of Black –White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Relative Contribution of Air Pollution and Social Factors in California
Conclusions:
Our results suggest that, although the role of individual and neighborhood factors remains prevailing in explaining black–white differences in birth outcomes, the individual contribution of PM2.5 is comparable in magnitude to any single individual- or neighborhood-level factor. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP490
Received: 10 May 2016
Revised: 16 December 2016
Accepted: 03 January 2017
Published: 04 October 2017
Address correspondence to T. Benmarhnia, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, C...
Source: EHP Research - October 4, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evolving trends in sinus surgery: What is the impact of balloon sinus dilation?
ConclusionThe performance of BD has increased markedly in recent years. Because the use of ESS codes remain stable, observed BD trends are unlikely to be due simply to greater familiarity with newer CPT coding. The reasons for the striking increase in BD popularity are speculative and beyond the scope of this analysis, but further study may be needed.
Level of EvidenceNA. Laryngoscope, 2017
Source: The Laryngoscope - October 8, 2017 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Peter F. Svider, Spencer Darlin, Michael Bobian, Vibhav Sekhsaria, Richard J. Harvey, Stacey T. Gray, Soly Baredes, Adam J. Folbe, Jean Anderson Eloy Tags: Allergy/Rhinology Source Type: research
P235 Budgetary impact model on a medicare plan adopting short-acting beta-agonist inhalers with integrated dose counters
Short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) inhalers with integrated dose counters (IDC) allow patients to reliably track their rescue medication usage potentially reducing healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and cost. A budget impact model (BIM) was developed to assess the economic impact of SABAs with IDCs among patients with respiratory diseases from a Medicare perspective.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - October 27, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: R. Ariely, B. Chipps, S. Stoyanov, L. Wang, S. Shrestha, O. Baser Source Type: research
Doctors Must Report on at Least 1 Patient, 1 Measure for MACRA
To avoid Medicare payment penalty in 2019, clinicians must report by Dec. 31, submit by Feb. 28
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - November 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Pathology Source Type: news
Extended smoking cessation counseling service utilization in the Medicare population 2012 –2014
Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and a major risk factor for the development and exacerbation of asthma.1 Clinicians have the opportunity to dramatically improve their patient's health, quality of life, and longevity by engaging in smoking cessation efforts.2 Provider counseling on smoking cessation increases rates of success.3 Counseling is increasingly important as novel nicotine-containing products appear in the marketplace.4
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - December 19, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Andrew Abreo, Andrew S. Nickels Source Type: research
Outpatient consultant physician service usage in Australia by specialty and state and territory.
Conclusion Significant per-capita variation in consultant physician utilisation is occurring across Australia. Future studies should explore the variation in greater detail to discern whether workforce issues, access or economic barriers to care, or the possibility of over- or under-servicing in certain geographic areas is leading to this variation.What is known about the topic? There are nearly 11million initial and subsequent consultant physician consultations billed to Medicare per year, incurring nearly A$850million in Medicare benefits. Little attention has been paid to per-capita variation in rates of consultant phys...
Source: Australian Health Review - December 21, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Freed GL, Allen AR Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research
Exposure to PM2.5, Ozone at Low Levels Linked to Mortality
Link between short - term exposure to levels below air quality standards, mortality in Medicare population
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - November 11, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Infections, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Nursing, Pathology, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news
Patient and surgeon factors explain variation in the frequency of frontal sinus surgery
ConclusionsVariation in the utilization of frontal sinus surgery is associated with patient sex, ethnicity, insurance status, geography, as well as provider and hospital volumes. These data support the idea that nonclinical factors may influence the treatment of frontal sinus disease.
Level of Evidence4. Laryngoscope, 2018
Source: The Laryngoscope - February 8, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Christian P. Soneru, Jayant M. Pinto Tags: Allergy/Rhinology Source Type: research
