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CMS finalizes CAR T-cell therapy inpatient payments
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- Alicia Gallegos
Medical associations are disappointed with CMS’s payment structure for CAR T-cell therapy usage, calling it insufficient.
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5 HIPAA myths in the digital age
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- Alicia Gallegos
Health care security experts dispel five common misconceptions about HIPAA and electronic information.
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Malpractice reforms reduce invasive cardiac testing
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- Alicia Gallegos
Cardiologists in states with payment limits for medical malpractice claims perform fewer angiographies.
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Medical associations want withdrawal of Title X changes
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- Alicia Gallegos
A number of physician associations are urging the Trump administration to withdraw its proposed changes to the federal Title X planning program....
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Physicians give Medicare QPP proposals mixed reviews
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- Alicia Gallegos
Physician groups pointed out pluses and minuses to the proposed changes for year 3 of the Quality Payment...
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CMS considers expanding telemedicine payments
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- Alicia Gallegos
The proposed rule would pay doctors for an expanded number of telemedicine services and add payment for virtual check-ins by phone or other...
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No gender bias found in ABS exam
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- Alicia Gallegos
The ABS certifying exam was studied for bias in examinees rating of candidates.
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Drug price transparency laws gain ground
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- Alicia Gallegos
At least eight states have passed laws to expose questionable pricing of prescription drugs, but critics say the measures don’t go far enough.
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Supreme Court supports anti-abortion centers in free speech case
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- Alicia Gallegos
The U.S. Supreme Court says a California law cannot require anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to offer women information on abortion services...
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Unravelling the CAR T-cell therapy reimbursement riddle
- Author:
- Alicia Gallegos
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6 ways to reduce liability by improving doc-nurse teams
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- Alicia Gallegos
Solid teamwork among physicians and nurses not only makes for a smoother work environment, it also helps to reduce medical errors and lower the...
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Postop delirium management proposed as hospital performance measure
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- Alicia Gallegos
Delirium rates varied across hospitals.
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CMS proposes inpatient payment model for CAR T therapies
- Author:
- Alicia Gallegos
Physicians may finally have some payment clarity for inpatient administration of two CAR T-cell therapies.
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How anesthesia in the GI endoscopy suite contributes to endoscopy malpractice
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- Alicia Gallegos
In a small study of anesthesiology medical malpractice cases, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography most often resulted in payouts to...
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Physicians voice concern over ibrutinib flat pricing
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- Alicia Gallegos
Some oncologists are urging the FDA to review a move by Pharmacyclics to change all doses of ibrutinib to a single price.