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Docs push back on step therapy in Medicare Advantage
The action is part of the broader Trump administration initiative to lower the prices and out-of-pocket costs of prescription drugs.
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Adjuvant chemotherapy benefits high-risk sarcoma patients
Chemotherapy halved the risk of disease progression and death for patients with low probability of 10-year overall survival.
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Groups release guidelines for CAR T treatment in children
Some of the tools used to detect toxicity that are used in older patients don’t work well in children.
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CMS pushes ACOs to take on more risk
ACOs that only take on upside risk generally are spending more money and not generating savings, according to CMS Adminstrator Seema Verma.
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Treating sleep disorders in chronic opioid users
Continuous-positive airway pressure may not be an effective therapy for patients with sleep disorders who are using opioids.
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Broad genomic testing of NSCLC in community oncology disappoints
Among patients with advanced NSCLC treated in community oncology practices, broad-based genomic sequencing seldom exclusively informed the...
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Doctors decry inaction on physician-focused APMs
So far, PTAC has sent at least 10 APMs to the CMS. To date, not a single one has been approved or even tested on a limited scale.
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More deliveries now include opioid use disorder
Significant increases were seen from 1999 to 2014 in all states studied.
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RSV-related risk of hospitalization higher in Down syndrome patients
Rates are higher for hospital and ICU admission, mortality, length of stay, supplemental oxygen, and ventilator support.
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New chronic lymphocytic leukemia guidelines from the UK
The updated guidelines call for assessing TP53 mutations and deletions before each line of therapy.