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Critics say hospital price transparency proposal ‘misses the mark’
July 31, 2019
The proposal from CMS would require hospitals to make public both their list prices and the prices they negotiate with payers.
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Short-course azithromycin no benefit in pediatric asthma admissions
July 31, 2019
SEATTLE – Clinicians should consider these data before prescribing azithromycin to children hospitalized with asthma.
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CMS plans to give MIPS an overhaul
July 31, 2019
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the changes are designed to make measures more relevant and reporting less burdensome. The changes received a good early review from the American Medical Association.
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CMS proposes improved E/M payments, additional price transparency for hospitals
July 29, 2019
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for the 2020 annual update would require hospitals to publish the negotiated price by specific payer for select services that patients can schedule in advance.
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FDA approvals permit double-immunoassay approach to Lyme disease diagnosis
July 29, 2019
The streamlined approach to diagnosis may speed treatment of Lyme disease.
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Most patients with new hypertension under revised BP guidelines won’t need pharmacotherapy
July 29, 2019
ORLANDO – In terms of nonpharmacologic therapies for these patients, the largest benefit is in getting them to lose weight.
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Gram-negative bacteremia: Cultures, drugs, and duration
July 29, 2019
Management of gram-negative bacteremia remains a challenging clinical situation for inpatient providers.
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Beyond C. difficile: The future of fecal microbial transplantation
July 29, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Future directions for microbial transplantation range from multifactorial and functional gut disorders to consideration of the small intestinal microbiome.
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Older adults’ interested in conversations about deprescribing
July 29, 2019
Among older adults, what attitudes exist toward deprescribing?
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Trained interpreters essential for treating non–English-speaking patients
July 28, 2019
NEW YORK – Even in a private office setting, failure to engage a trained translator is discouraged.
