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Many Patients With Cancer Visit EDs Before Diagnosis
Factors associated with an increased likelihood of an ED visit ahead of diagnosis included having certain cancers, living in rural areas, and...
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Lawmakers Rush to Stave Off Doctor Pay Cuts as Medicare Finalizes 2025 Rates
“Medicare plans to pay us less while costs go up. You don’t have to be an economist to know that is an unsustainable trend, though one that has...
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Thyroid Cancer Overdiagnosis Continues Despite Cautions
More than 1.7 million people might have been overdiagnosed between 2013 and 2017 in 63 countries, estimated the authors of a new paper.
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Diabetes Retinopathy Poses Threat to More Young People’s Sight
The current standards of care for retinopathy from the ADA note new products on the market are increasing the options for screening.
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Insulin Pump Glitches: A Call to End Daylight Saving Time?
It’s unclear how often DST changes lead to problems with insulin pumps, reflecting difficulties in tracking flaws and glitches in medical devices...
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Medicare Will Speed Coverage of Some ‘Breakthrough’ Medical Devices
CMS has launched an effort to move up to 5 medical devices through payment decisions faster than usual.
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Three Tips to Avoid Common Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care
Be humble, check again, and use the patient’s cooperation to avoid wrong diagnoses.
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Pfizer’s Withdrawal of SCD Drug Raises Questions
The worldwide withdrawal by Pfizer of its sickle cell disease drug voxelotor has hematologists wondering why and racing to inform their patients...
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Short Steroid Treatment May Raise Diabetes Risk: Study
“We know that this is an issue, but we didn’t necessarily know numerically how significant it was.”
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Ustekinumab’s ‘Egregious’ Medicare Part B and D Pricing Differences Led to Federal Intervention
OIG reports showed a spike in ustekinumab costs for patients in Medicare Part D. Experts said Inflation Reduction Act changes in Medicare drug...
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Patient Navigators for Serious Illnesses Can Now Bill Under New Medicare Codes
New Medicare codes will enable physicians to hire navigators to help patients manage serious illnesses such as cancer and heart failure.
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FTC Interim Report on Pharmacy Middlemen Is First Step of Many Needed in Addressing Drug Costs, Access
Madelaine Feldman, MD, has been a vocal PBM critic for years. She sees a recent FTC interim report as evidence of the need for congressional...
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CMS Proposes Maternal-Health Conditions-of-Participation Standards
“CMS is using all of our tools to improve the safety, quality, and timeliness of the care that hospitals provide to pregnant women.”
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Medicare Rates in 2025 Would Cut Pay For Docs by 3%
The cut, proposed on July 11, is mainly due to the 5-year freeze in the physician schedule base rate mandated by MACRA.
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Can Response to Semaglutide Be Predicted With a Genetic Test?
AI genetic testing may help identify patients who would benefit from semaglutide, by identifying abnormal postprandial satiety.