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What will the Trump administration mean for medicine?
ACA repeal seems fairly likely; who will head the federal health care agencies is unknown.
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Giving women HIV self-tests increases male partner testing
Providing women attending prenatal or postpartum health care visits with HIV self-testing kits raised the rates of partner and couples testing to...
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Another Zika vaccine heads to Phase I trials
The candidate vaccine is known as the Zika Purified Inactivated Virus (ZPIV) vaccine and contains whole but inactivated Zika virus particles to...
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Meaningful use: CMS extends 90-day reporting period to 2016, 2017
Several meaningful use requirements for doctors and hospitals were eased under the federal regulation that sets payments for the hospital...
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Employer-provided insurance stable after ACA implementation
Concerns that Affordable Care Act provisions implemented in 2014 would lead large numbers of employers to drop health insurance coverage appear to...
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Number of Medicare part D drug plans continues to decline
There will be 16% fewer Medicare part D prescription drug plans available in 2017, compared with 2016,
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7 tips for successful value-based care contracts
Drafting clear, thoughtful contracts with payers is critical as physicians enter into new value-based care arrangements.
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Prenatal triple ART arrests HIV transmission
A triple-drug antiretroviral therapy given to HIV-infected pregnant women significantly reduced transmission of the disease to their newborns, but...
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Injectable male contraceptive on par with other reversible options
An injectable male contraceptive combining long-acting testosterone and progestogen achieves near-complete yet reversible suppression of sperm...
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Drug prices, not the health law, top voters’ health priorities for 2017
Majorities of Democratic, Republican, and independent voters support making sure high-cost drugs for chronic conditions are affordable for...
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Doctors have at least seven APM options in 2017
Physicians will have several options to choose from when it comes to advanced alternative payment models (APMs) in 2017. In an Oct. 25 release,...