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Step Toward Bundled Payments
The IPPS rule could easily be retitled “Get Ready for Bundled Payments,” says Susan Nedza, MD, MBA, senior vice president of clinical outcomes management with MPA Healthcare Solutions, a healthcare analytics consultancy in Chicago. An emergency medicine physician, Nedza previously was a regional chief medical officer at CMS and a senior executive at the American Medical Association. She says the final rule is similar to MACRA, but with a great deal more complexity.
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Final Rule Changes Quality Initiatives, and More
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule for the 2017 fiscal year comes with some noteworthy elements, including requirements for new data collection, changes to several quality initiatives, and a change to the Two-Midnight rule.
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Meaningful Use Experience Can Help
One component of the MACRA addresses performance on the use of electronic health records, similar to the Meaningful Use program. An organization’s experience with Meaningful Use could be valuable under MACRA, says Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor.
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MACRA Coming Soon, and Many Hospitals Not Ready
The MACRA is aimed at physicians and their reimbursement, but hospitals will be affected by the implementation of this law as well. Many hospitals are not prepared for the increased data collection and quality assessments MACRA will bring, experts say.
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Older Patients Dodging Blood Pressure Control
By not taking medication, CDC says millions of Americans put themselves at risk for a variety of medical maladies.
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CMS: 30-day Readmissions Down 8% Nationwide
Newly released data from the agency shows 49 states have cut Medicare readmission rates over five years.
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: A game-changing blood pressure trial; new colorectal cancer screening recommendations; and predicting opioid abuse and dependence.
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Oxycodone HCl and Naltrexone HCl Extended-release Capsules (Troxyca ER)
The combination oxycodone/naltrexone is indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate.
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Association of Traumatic Brain Injury with Late-life Neurodegenerative Diseases
Concern has been raised about an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other dementias following traumatic brain injury.
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The Zoster Vaccine Rapidly Loses Effectiveness in Adults Over 60
An observational study showed that while the shingles vaccine reduces the risk of herpes zoster, there is a major decline in effectiveness over just eight years in older adults.