Every extra review cycle is a cost center; RAAPID OnePass removes the need
Why layered review cycles drain budgets and how OnePass delivers audit-ready coding in one review.
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Out-of-Network claims are costing you more than you think
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Healthcare leaders must modernize their digital foundations to scale AI investments for long-term success.
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(MedPage Today) -- "There is some signal there and we should follow that signal." -- John Carrino, MD, MPH, of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, in an FDA advisory committee meeting that supported RP1 (vusolimogene oderparepvec), a twice...
Read full article →I Prescribe Diet Changes Every Week. Med School Barely Taught Me Anything Relevant.
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly every week, I recommend a change in diet as a first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol -- the conditions that fill American clinics and account for more death than any other...
Read full article →Tanning Is Getting Hot Again. Here's What It Really Does to Your Skin.
(MedPage Today) -- Nichole Sims started using a tanning bed at 15 because she said everyone around her was doing it, especially before events like homecoming dances and prom. Eight years later, she was diagnosed with melanoma. During that time...
Read full article →Long-Acting Lenacapavir Still Delivered Effective HIV PrEP After a Year
(MedPage Today) -- Only one person has developed a new HIV infection during a year-long extension of the landmark PURPOSE 1 and PURPOSE 2 trials testing twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir (Yeztugo) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according...
Read full article →Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy; Diagnosing Steatotic Liver Disease
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...
Read full article →The Emails Show Why We Sued Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
(MedPage Today) -- When internal CDC and HHS emails from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s first months as HHS secretary were exposed in late June, they offered a rare window into Washington: a real-time glimpse into what officials were attempting to do...
Read full article →Takeaways From Anthony Fauci's COVID-Era Diaries
(MedPage Today) -- A diary played an unusual role in a contentious Senate hearing Wednesday -- musings from Anthony Fauci, MD, a scientist who became a leading voice in the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Rand Paul, MD (R-Ky.)...
Read full article →Study Reassures on Probiotic Sepsis Risk in Very Preterm Infants
(MedPage Today) -- Probiotic-associated invasive infections were rare in very preterm infants, according to a large retrospective cohort study. Among over 100,000 very preterm infants, 11 developed Bifidobacterium or Lactobacillus invasive infections...
Read full article →Massachusetts Close to Giving Doctors Final Say on Whether to Perform Late Abortions
(MedPage Today) -- Massachusetts is on the way to giving doctors the final say on whether an abortion should be allowed late in pregnancy, a move expected to affect few cases but that supporters say is needed because hospitals are now turning away...
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