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Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act Helps Preserve Care for Most Vulnerable Patients
The American College of Radiology (ACR) strongly supports the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act (S. 1020), recently introduced by Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Ben Cardin (D-MD). This legislation would prospectively repeal the existing 25 percent Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) applied to Medicare reimbursement for interpretation of advanced diagnostic imaging scans performed on the same patient, in the same session, on the same day.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to ignore a mandate in the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014 (Public Law 113-93) to r...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for August 17, 2015
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
3. CooperSurgical pays $47m for IVF screener Reprogenetics
Cooper Cos. CooperSurgical subsidiary acquired in-vitro fertilization screening company Reprogenetics for nearly $47 million.
Livingston, N.J.-based Reprogenetics offers pre-implantation genetic screening and diagnosis for in vitro fertil...
Source: Mass Device - August 17, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 3 Source Type: news
Cost effectiveness of left atrial appendage closure versus Warfarin for stroke risk reduction in non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation in CMS patients
Stroke is the most severe and debilitating consequence of atrial fibrillation (AF), with many patients ranking the resultant disability as worse than death. Warfarin, the established first-line therapy, is effective at reducing ischemic stroke, but is associated with increased bleeding risk and lower quality of life (QoL). Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) with the Watchman Device has been found to be superior to warfarin at reducing risk of stroke in AF patients. This analysis sought to assess the cost effectiveness of LAAC versus warfarin for stroke prevention in non-valvular AF from the perspective of the US Centers ...
Source: Value in Health - May 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: V. Reddy, R. Akehurst, S.L. Amorosi, S. Armstrong, S. Beard, C. Knight, C. Taggart, D. Holmes Source Type: research
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Data and Stroke Research: Goldmine or Landmine? Topical Reviews
Source: Stroke - January 26, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Lichtman, J. H., Leifheit-Limson, E. C., Goldstein, L. B. Tags: Health policy and outcome research, Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage, Acute Cerebral Infarction Topical Reviews Source Type: research
UNM Sciences Center gets grant to expand telemedicine service
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center has gotten a $15.1 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to test the expansion of its existing telemedicine network for stroke and brain injury patients.
The project will be in conjunction with a private Albuquerque telemedicine firm, Net Medical Xpress Solutions, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said.
UNM and Net Medical Xpress have a telemedicine network of 11 hospitals and will look…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - July 18, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Dennis Domrzalski Source Type: research
The Case Files: Unusual Headache
By Al-Hashimi, Siddhartha DO; Leavens, John MD
A 23-year-old woman with a history of migraine headaches presented to the emergency department for a different-than-usual headache. She had a six-day history of intermittent headaches. The onset was at rest, and there was no history of trauma.
The headache was located behind her left eye, and it radiated into the posterior portion of her head. She characterized it as being 8/10 in intensity. Bright lights were reported as an exacerbating factor. The headache was associated with nausea and multiple episodes of emesis. She had 10 episodes of vomiting the evening prior to arri...
Source: The Case Files - June 5, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research
The impact of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services high-risk criteria on outcome after carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting in the SVS Vascular Registry
Objective: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require high-risk (HR) criteria for carotid artery stenting (CAS) reimbursement. The impact of these criteria on outcomes after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and CAS remains uncertain. Additionally, if these HR criteria are associated with more adverse events after CAS, then existing comparative effectiveness analysis of CEA vs CAS may be biased. We sought to elucidate this using data from the SVS Vascular Registry.Methods: We analyzed 10,107 patients undergoing CEA (6370) and CAS (3737), stratified by CMS HR criteria. The primary endpoint was composite death,...
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - February 13, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Marc L. Schermerhorn, Margriet Fokkema, Philip Goodney, Ellen D. Dillavou, Jeffrey Jim, Christopher T. Kenwood, Flora S. Siami, Rodney A. White, SVS Outcomes Committee Tags: Clinical research studies Source Type: research
