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News, opinions and meeting coverage in geriatrics.

The packaging and vial of Aduhelm over a close up of a Medicare card

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Plans to Restrict Coverage of New Alzheimer's Drug

Proposal would cover aducanumab (Aduhelm) in patients on qualifying clinical trials

A red X and green check mark over the covers of three USMLE Step 1 study guides.

<乌鸦传媒>Was This Really Our Best Attempt at Step 1 Exam Reform?

Shifting to a pass/fail system has unintended consequences

AMA over a photo of Chicago, IL.

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Delegates Spar Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

Some worry this could lead to price controls for physician services

AMA over a photo of Chicago, IL.

<乌鸦传媒>Young Physicians Need Support From Organized Medicine, Says AMA President

"The fear and weariness ... I'd call it battle fatigue"

Metal letters spelling OUTPATIENT on the roof of a hospital.

<乌鸦传媒>Should Medicare Pay the Same Amount Regardless of Where a Service Is Provided?

MedPAC members like the idea -- with a few caveats

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<乌鸦传媒>Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule Includes a Nearly 4% Payment Cut

Will leave practices in "financial peril," says AMA president

President Joe Biden promotes his Build Back Better infrastructure plan

<乌鸦传媒>Biden Announces Deal With Congress on Infrastructure Bill

Medicare hearing benefits make the cut, but dental, vision, drug-pricing provisions are left out

Six U.S. $100 bills and a stethoscope protrude from the breast pocket of a doctor鈥檚 coat.

<乌鸦传媒>Medicaid Will Be a Bigger Target for Alternative Payment Models, CMS Official Says

Health equity also will be a focus, says CMMI official Ellen Lukens

A female physician discusses a hip replacement with her senior female patient.

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Is Sticking With Mandatory Demonstration Models for Now

But "we need to move away from having a model for every episode," says CMMI head Elizabeth Fowler

A mature man with a cataract in his right eye.

<乌鸦传媒>When Prior Authorization Practices Go Too Far

Congress can reverse a troubling trend that creates patient care disruptions

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<乌鸦传媒>PhRMA Warns of Dire Consequences if Medicare Allowed to Negotiate Drug Prices

"We know how the story ends" when the government sets prices, group says

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>Pharmacist Charged for Vax Card Sales; Moderna Recipe Fight; Drug Waste Report COIs

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Medicare's Radiation Oncology Payment Model Vexes Oncology Community

Participation required for certain radiation oncology practices starting next January

A young female nurse writes notes during a home visit to her mature male patient, both are wearing protective masks.

<乌鸦传媒>Bring House Calls Into the 21st Century

The pandemic highlighted the benefits of home health services for a range of patient populations

A female surgeon ties her scrub cap in the operating room.

<乌鸦传媒>Gender Bias in the OR Is a Hazard to Patient Safety

Conflict and toxicity can make teams more prone to errors

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<乌鸦传媒>Ivermectin and Aducanumab: Do They Work?

ZDoggMD and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, analyze the evidence

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<乌鸦传媒>As Overdoses Rise, Opioid Treatment Providers Struggle to Get Paid

Providers of medication assisted treatment say they're bleeding cash, and unable to keep staff

AMA over a grid of doctors faces of various genders and ethnicities.

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Delegates Tussle Over Lowering Medicare Eligibility Age to 60

Resolution asks association to urge Congress to take action

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<乌鸦传媒>Want Healthcare for All? Ditch Fee-for-Service, Says Former CMS Chief

"We should move to global budgets as soon as possible," says Donald Berwick

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<乌鸦传媒>CMS Rules for Insurers Punt on Drug Copay Relief

"Really disappointing" that payment notice didn't even mention these cards, coupons

SCAI over several views of left and right coronary angiography

<乌鸦传媒>Shifting PCI Procedures to Outpatient Centers: Safety First?

Do benefits in efficiency, cost reduction outweigh risks?

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<乌鸦传媒>Four Sentenced in Mental Health Center Scam

Heads of a Houston healthcare chain will go to prison for kickbacks, mental healthcare fraud

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<乌鸦传媒>On the Road to High-Value Healthcare in the U.S.: Are We There Yet?

CMS needs to keep the value-based payment models that work, and ditch the others

A female dermatologist examines the scalp of a senior woman with a magnifying lens.

<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Dermatology Needs Lower Costs and Better Care

A proposal for value-based care

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Groups Object to New Prior Authorization Rules in Medicare

Requirements for two spinal procedures set to take effect July 1

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<乌鸦传媒>AHRQ: Studies Fail to Show Long-Term Benefit for CPAP

Sleep apnea specialists dumbfounded at critique of "gold standard" treatment

A disgruntled mans face on a ping pong ball on an orange paddle held by a doctor

<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong

Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us

ISC over a computer rendering of a male figure with the front of his brain highlighted by a flash of light

<乌鸦传媒>Multi-City Study Bolsters Case for Mobile Stroke Units

But reimbursement woes, balkanized EMS agencies block path to broader use

A Medicare Advantage infographic with the word FRAUD added to it in red

<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Fraud Is Rampant in Medicare Advantage

Enforcing the False Claims Act can help

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<乌鸦传媒>Vascular Surgeon Admits Doing Unnecessary Procedures

Feng Qin, MD, will pay $800,000 and be excluded from Medicare for 4 years

Photo of Iora Health co-founder Rushika Fernandopulle, MD (Photo courtesy Iora Health)

<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare Disruptors: Doubling Down on Primary Care

Iora Health and its care teams are changing the way primary care is delivered

A man with the flu wrapped in a blanket waves at his doctor during a telemedicine call

<乌鸦传媒>What Telehealth Should Mean for Licensure

Is it time for states to step back?

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<乌鸦传媒>Abandoned Cardiac Device Leads More MRI-Friendly Than Previously Thought

Safety of scans supported by observational study

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<乌鸦传媒>Detroit Cardiologists Awarded Millions for Retaliation Claim

Judge dismisses Tenet's bid to vacate arbitrator's ruling

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<乌鸦传媒>CMS Expands MitraClip Coverage by Medicare

Transcatheter mitral valve repair for secondary mitral regurgitation can now be reimbursed

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<乌鸦传媒>Medicare's 'Most Favored Nation' Drug-Pricing Rule in Limbo

Rule affecting Part B drugs was to take effect Jan. 1 but was stopped by federal court orders

A female neurologist places electrodes on her senior male patients head

<乌鸦传媒>Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs for Neurology Visits, Diagnostic Tests

Neurologist distribution varies widely, as does involvement in patient care

<乌鸦传媒>2021 Medicare Fee Schedule Includes 10.2% Cut in Conversion Factor

Cognitive specialties will see increases while radiologists, pathologists get pay cuts

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<乌鸦传媒>Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS

As centuries-old drug is explored for COVID-19, study details the price of approval

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<乌鸦传媒>What's Wrong With PCI at Ambulatory Surgery Centers?

Study probes practices, outcomes at ASCs before Medicare kicked in

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