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Medicare cuts raised chemotherapy treatments, changed drug choices

MKSAP Quiz: Daily, nonproductive cough without hemoptysis
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/22/2.htm
22 Jun 2010

Medicare adds coverage for obesity screening

Last week CMS announced the addition of obesity screening to Medicare coverage for preventive services.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/06/7.htm
6 Dec 2011

Medicare e-prescribing deadlines approaching on June 30

Two deadlines loom for the Medicare e-Prescribing Incentive Program.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/05/8.htm
5 Jun 2012

Greater bleeding risk with dabigatran than warfarin in Medicare patients, 2 studies find

Two studies of Medicare data released last week added to existing evidence that older dabigatran users have higher bleeding risks than warfarin users.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/11/2.htm
11 Nov 2014

Colonoscopy may be more frequent than recommended in Medicare patients

Medicare patients may be receiving colonoscopies more frequently than recommended by guidelines, according to a new study.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/17/6.htm
17 May 2011

Most Medicare demos fail to reduce costs, analysis indicates

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed recent Medicare demonstration projects and concluded that most have not reduced costs, but those that did had certain specific characteristics.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/31/2.htm
31 Jan 2012

Medicare to send Comparative Billing Reports to primary care clinicians to facilitate accurate billing

This June, CMS will be sending a Comparative Billing Report to a select group of 5,000 primary care clinicians, focusing on evaluation and management codes for office visits.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/05/7.htm
5 Jun 2012

More at-home deaths in Medicare patients, but also more end-of-life ICU stays

More Medicare patients died at home in 2009 than in 2000, but there was also an increase in intensive care use during the last 30 days of life, a new study found.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/12/5.htm
12 Feb 2013

Amiodarone increases bleeding compared with flecainide or sotalol in patients on anticoagulant therapy

A retrospective analysis of Medicare patients who started an anticoagulant and then amiodarone found that they had a 44% increased risk for bleeding-related hospitalization compared to those on other antiarrhythmics and that this risk was higher with rivaroxaban than apixaban.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/23/1.htm
23 May 2023

Risk for poor outcomes greater among disadvantaged older adults after ICU admission, study finds

Medicare/Medicaid dual-eligible patients had a 28% increased risk of disability and 9.8-fold greater odds of being diagnosed with probable dementia after an ICU stay compared to non-dual-eligible older patients.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2022/03/08/5.htm
8 Mar 2022

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