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CMS’ proposed 2027 Physician Fee Schedule would bar Medicare payment for remote monitoring services delivered by third-party vendors, following OIG reports that flagged widespread fraud in the space. The post Why CMS Is Trying to Ban Third-Party Remote Patient Monitoring appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →Turmoil at the ADA has taken a fresh turn, with leaders blocking editors at its flagship journal from publishing pieces detailing a controversy at the group’s annual meeting.
Read full article →This week on "The Readout LOUD" podcast: a new Alzheimer's drug controversy and prediction markets for clinical trials and FDA drug reviews. Listen now.
Read full article →NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman of Georgetown University about the Defense Department's plan to screen service members' testosterone levels and offer supplementation.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- As health officials track cyclosporiasis cases in multiple states, experts note that there are plenty of other parasites that people can contract from food. These fall into two main categories: protozoa -- like Cyclospora...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A new program to base Medicaid drug prices on the lowest drug prices in other countries -- known as "most favored nation" (MFN) pricing -- could result in substantial savings, researchers found. The payment model, known...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- As U.S. measles cases approach last year's record-breaking total, studies on South Carolina and Utah's large outbreaks showed cases of encephalitis and sepsis among the hospitalized patients. In both states, hypoxemia and pneumonia...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Blood test results helped primary care physicians diagnose Alzheimer's disease with nearly the same accuracy as specialists, a study of Swedish patients with cognitive impairment showed. Primary care physicians changed their...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Robotic cholecystectomy for complex gallbladder disease was linked with reductions in further interventions and complications, without increasing the total cost of care, a cohort study suggested. Among patients undergoing complex...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- There was strong evidence for extending dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) beyond the standard 12 months in selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), the DAPT-MVD trial found. These were nonelderly patients...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Officials under President Donald Trump want to make it easier for men to get a prescription for testosterone, the latest shift in a decades-long debate over the benefits and risks of replacing the hormone that affects sex drive...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Health professionals from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Unbiased Science Podcast shared...
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