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CMS proposes improved E/M payments, additional price transparency for hospitals
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated...
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Dr. Alexa will see you now: Is Amazon primed to come to your rescue?
Some of Alexa’s new skills depend on a little-understood feature of the devices: They listen to every sound around them.
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Does endovascular thrombectomy benefit stroke patients with large infarcts?
The intervention may be more likely to benefit patients who are treated early and who have a core volume less than 100 mL.
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Trained interpreters essential for treating non–English-speaking patients
NEW YORK – Even in a private office setting, failure to engage a trained translator is discouraged.
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As patients, physicians fare nearly the same as everyone else
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NIH launches 5-year, $10 million study on acute flaccid myelitis
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will lead the study, which aims to examine the natural history, incidence, and risk factors...
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Atogepant shows safety, efficacy for migraine prevention
PHILADELPHIA – Atogepant is the first drug from its small-molecule class to undergo advanced clinical testing for migraine prevention.
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Moderately high dietary riboflavin linked to fewer migraines
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Pharmacist stigma a barrier to rural buprenorphine access
SAN ANTONIO – The role of pharmacists in access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder has been neglected but remains an...
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Study refines ALS risk among first-degree relatives of patients with disease
Heritability was high, even in the absence of known genetic factors.
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MIPS: Nearly all eligible clinicians got a bonus for 2018
Exceeding the performance threshold resulted in a bonus to fee schedule payments in 2018.