Tracking Medicare news, policy, and coverage changes.
More than 60 organizations are urging the FDA to withdraw approval for what they called the “unsafe” use of antibiotics for preventing disease in food-producing livestock.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Women engaged in regular resistance training had substantially better cardiovascular health in the long run, according to a large cohort study. Those performing at least 2 hours a week of resistance training had a 20% lower...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Following the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) meeting, MedPage Today convened three leaders in neuro-oncology and brain tumor imaging for a virtual roundtable discussion on the evolving role of advanced MRI in brain...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared Wave Neuroscience's biomarker-guided neuromodulation system (MeRT) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the company announced. Gastrointestinal interoception was disrupted across multiple domains in...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday. That...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in the registration trials for anifrolumab (Saphnelo) who were followed for 4 years showed sustained improvement in hematologic and serologic parameters, as well as clinical symptom...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The landfill origin story of the recent hantavirus outbreak affecting passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship seemed plausible to many. But scientists are now testing other hypotheses including one involving a mobile home...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Short segments of conversations between primary care clinicians and patients contained signals that helped detect undiagnosed cognitive impairment, an acoustic analysis suggested. A machine learning model trained on acoustic...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Fixed-duration therapy with pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) plus venetoclax (Venclexta) and rituximab improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to interim...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Prone positioning of infants on high-flow nasal cannula oxygen support for bronchiolitis didn't significantly reduce risk of progression to needing positive pressure ventilation, a large randomized trial showed. Escalation of...
Read full article →The No Surprises Act “might not have the effects that CBO anticipated,” the agency wrote in petitioning for more research into the 2020 law’s effect on healthcare prices and other trends. It’s a welcome development for payers.
Read full article →Aaron Lewis, who has served as CFO since 2024, takes on the role as the health system looks to expand its footprint and add new services.
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