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Newer Type 2 diabetes medications could reduce kidney, heart disease risks

Two newer groups of medications prescribed primarily for Type 2 diabetes treatment (SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists) could significantly reduce risks associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart disease.

28 Sep 2020

Study reports a drop in Medicare reimbursement rates for orthopedic trauma surgery

The amount Medicare reimburses for orthopedic trauma surgery has fallen by nearly one-third over the past two decades, reports a study in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.

21 Sep 2020

Without Ginsburg, judicial threats to the ACA, reproductive rights heighten

On Feb. 27, 2018, I got an email from the Heritage Foundation, alerting me to a news conference that afternoon held by Republican attorneys general of Texas and other states. It was referred to only as a "discussion about the Affordable Care Act lawsuit."

21 Sep 2020

Older racial and ethnic minority nursing home residents suffer the most from COVID-19

Older racial and ethnic minority residents and their caregivers bear the severest brunt from COVID-19 across the entire spectrum of US nursing homes and assisted living communities, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report in two groundbreaking studies in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

21 Sep 2020

Research finds greater decline of recurrent heart attacks in women than men

After surviving a heart attack, the proportion of patients who experience a repeat attack within a year fell between 2008 and 2017, with a greater decline in women than men, according to new research published today in theAmerican Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

21 Sep 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: It’s scandal week

President Donald Trump finally released his promised executive order aimed at bringing down drug costs.

17 Sep 2020

Urban hospitals of last resort cling to life in time of COVID

Victor Coronado felt lightheaded one morning last month when he stood up to grab an iced tea. The right side of his body suddenly felt heavy. He heard himself slur his words. "That's when I knew I was going to have a stroke," he said.

17 Sep 2020

Clinical trials support effectiveness of collaborative care in treating behavioral health disorders

As anxiety and depression rise in the country, primary care clinics, especially in rural areas, are facing increased patient needs.

16 Sep 2020

New dental treatment helps fill cavities and insurance gaps for seniors

Dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer often cleans the teeth of senior patients who can't easily get to a dentist's office. But until recently, if she found a cavity, there was little she could do.

15 Sep 2020

Rheumatology providers and patient advocates urge lawmakers to address healthcare challenges

The American College of Rheumatology will hold its first virtual Advocates for Arthritis event on Tuesday, Sept. 15, where more than 120 rheumatologists, rheumatology health professionals, and patient advocates will meet with lawmakers via video to discuss the healthcare challenges they are facing in the midst of COVID-19.

14 Sep 2020

With no legal guardrails for patients, ambulances drive surprise medical billing

School librarian Amanda Brasfield bent over to grab her lunch from a small refrigerator and felt her heart begin to race. Even after lying on her office floor and closing her eyes, her heart kept pounding and fluttering in her chest.

14 Sep 2020

ACP highlights the importance of planned increases in payments for E/M services

Today the American College of Physicians sent a letter to every member of Congress stressing the importance that the planned increases in payments for evaluation and management services and other changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule move forward as scheduled on Jan. 1.

12 Sep 2020

Federal program to reduce hospital readmission for COPD patients may increase mortality rates

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found that while the 30-day readmission rate for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has decreased, the mortality rate has increased.

12 Sep 2020

Safety-net practices in poor areas have lower rates of payment bonuses, shows MIPS performance data

A team of researchers led by Kenton Johnston, Ph.D., an associate professor of health management and policy at Saint Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice, conducted a study to investigate how outpatient clinicians that treated disproportionately high caseloads of socially at-risk Medicare patients (safety-net clinicians) performed under Medicare's new mandatory Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

11 Sep 2020

Hospitals, nursing homes fail to separate COVID patients, putting others at risk

Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were on edge as early as March when patients with COVID-19 began to show up in areas of the hospital that were not set aside to care for them.

10 Sep 2020

Patient Safety Movement Foundation urges the creation of a National Patient Safety Board

Today, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation released a detailed white paper and its leadership issued the following statement urging the creation of a National Patient Safety Board.

10 Sep 2020

Study: Generic cholesterol medications save billions of dollars for Medicare

The switch from brand name to generic cholesterol medications that occurred between 2014 and 2018 has saved Medicare billions of dollars, even as the number of people on cholesterol-lowering drugs has increased, UT Southwestern scientists have calculated.

9 Sep 2020

Patient priorities for optimal transplant and living donor advocacy during COVID-19 and beyond

In a newly published paper, the authors first paint the vision of what optimal patient advocacy can do to overcome the challenges described by kidney transplant patients and donors and then describe how to make that vision a reality, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 Sep 2020

HHS plan to improve rural health focuses on better broadband, telehealth services

Knowing it may be met with some skepticism, the Trump administration Thursday announced a sweeping plan that officials say will transform health care in rural America.

4 Sep 2020

Study examines the side effects of Alzheimer's disease dementia drugs

In a first of its kind study, a University of Houston researcher is examining two common drugs used for dementia in patients with Alzheimer's disease to determine the extent to which they don't mix well together and cause a cascading event of side effects, prompting the need for even more medications.

3 Sep 2020

Medicare News and Research

Newer Type 2 diabetes medications could reduce kidney, heart disease risks

Study reports a drop in Medicare reimbursement rates for orthopedic trauma surgery

Without Ginsburg, judicial threats to the ACA, reproductive rights heighten

Older racial and ethnic minority nursing home residents suffer the most from COVID-19

Research finds greater decline of recurrent heart attacks in women than men

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: It’s scandal week

Urban hospitals of last resort cling to life in time of COVID

Clinical trials support effectiveness of collaborative care in treating behavioral health disorders

New dental treatment helps fill cavities and insurance gaps for seniors

Rheumatology providers and patient advocates urge lawmakers to address healthcare challenges

With no legal guardrails for patients, ambulances drive surprise medical billing

ACP highlights the importance of planned increases in payments for E/M services

Federal program to reduce hospital readmission for COPD patients may increase mortality rates

Safety-net practices in poor areas have lower rates of payment bonuses, shows MIPS performance data

Hospitals, nursing homes fail to separate COVID patients, putting others at risk

Patient Safety Movement Foundation urges the creation of a National Patient Safety Board

Study: Generic cholesterol medications save billions of dollars for Medicare

Patient priorities for optimal transplant and living donor advocacy during COVID-19 and beyond

HHS plan to improve rural health focuses on better broadband, telehealth services

Study examines the side effects of Alzheimer's disease dementia drugs

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