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Society for Health Psychology (APA Division 38) and Society of Behavioral Medicine joint position statement on the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program
AbstractBeginning in January 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to cover the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), also referred to as Medicare DPP. The American Psychological Association Society for Health Psychology (SfHP) and the Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM) reviewed the proposed plan. SfHP and SBM are in support of the CMS decision to cover DPP for Medicare beneficiaries but have a significant concern that aspects of the proposal will limit the public health impact. Concerns include the emphasis on weight outcomes to determine continued coverage and the lack of details regarding requ...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - January 30, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Variation in Emergency Department vs Internal Medicine Excess Charges in the United States
This study compares Medicare charges for common physician services conducted in emergency departments vs those of internal medicine physicians in the United States.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - May 30, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Versus CMS Criteria for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Acute TBI
Sleep disturbances including sleep apnea are prevalent in the acute stage of TBI and associated with worse neurologic outcome. Eligibility for treatment of OSA with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) depends on the severity of the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). There is divergence in scoring rules for hypopneas between the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the latter being more restrictive. A prior study in the general population comparing this divergence approximates 22%, with largest discrepancy occurring in subjects
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - October 27, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Carlos Diaz-Sien, Dan Schwartz, Danielle O'Connor, Karel Calero, Kathleen Bell, Leah Drasher-Phillips, M. Brad Rechkemmer, Marie Dahdah, Peter Ricketti, Risa Nakase-Richardson, Risa Richardson, William Anderson Source Type: research
Emergency Department High Utilizers among Family Medicine Patients
Conclusions:
Most demographic characteristics did not change over time, whereas individuals did change. Interventions aimed at improving efficiency of ED use should be geared toward unchanging characteristics rather than individuals. The only demographic characteristic that did change significantly was home location that correlated in time with the availability of new EDs providing support for a theory of supply-sensitive ED use.
Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - March 7, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Kirkpatrick, S., Agana, D. F. G., Lynch, K., Carek, P. J. Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: research
The Critical Element in Billing Medicare for Telemedicine The Critical Element in Billing Medicare for Telemedicine
New telemedicine codes are great for physicians, but know the rules when it comes to Medicare patients. Coding expert Betsy Nicoletti answers this question and others for coding and billing correctly.Medscape Business of Medicine
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - May 28, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Nuclear Medicine Therapy by the Numbers: What is the Real Financial Impact?
Conclusions: Recent advancements in NM therapies are a great step forward for the field and for patients who benefit from these advancements, but the costs are increasing at a high rate. With the ever-increasing costs of healthcare, it is imperative that we control our institutional costs to ensure that we can continue to offer these advanced therapies to patients in the future.
Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 20, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Brown, A., Mittra, E., Simpson, P., Han, J. Tags: Technologist Posters Source Type: research
High-Value Care Culture Among the Future Physician Workforce in Internal Medicine
This study aimed to evaluate whether trainees’ exposure to a high-value care culture differed based on type of health system in which they trained.
Method
In 2016, 517 internal medicine residents at 12 California graduate medical education programs (university, community, and safety-net medical centers) completed a cross-sectional survey assessing perceptions of high-value care culture within their respective training program. The authors used multilevel linear regression to assess the relationship between type of medical center and High-Value Care Culture Survey (HVCCS) scores. The correlation between mean institutio...
Source: Academic Medicine - August 29, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research
Reflections on Mortality and Uncertainty in Emergency Medicine
Could emergency medicine (EM), which often is characterized as overutilized by patients, criticized as excessive in performing tests, labeled as unjustifiably expensive, and susceptible to diagnostic error, be doing something right? Burke and colleagues found that the mortality rate declined considerably among Medicare beneficiaries who had visited an emergency department (ED) from 2009 to 2016, particularly in patients with high-severity conditions. Given the limits of observational studies, the cause of the lower mortality rate is unknown. We suspect that both EM proponents and detractors will use the study ’s analysis...
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - November 4, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Hospital of the Future: 0% Autopsy Rate Hospital of the Future: 0% Autopsy Rate
Dr George Lundberg discusses the importance of autopsies as a requirement for hospital participation in Medicare.Medscape Internal Medicine
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - December 17, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news
Older adult US Medicare beneficiaries with untreated obstructive sleep apnea are heavier users of health care than matched control patients
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine,Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 81-89, January 2020.
Source: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM - January 14, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Emerson M. WickwireSarah E. TomAparna VadlamaniMontserrat Diaz-AbadLiesl M. CooperAbree M. JohnsonSteven M. ScharfJennifer S. Albrecht1Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;2Sleep Disorders Center, Divisi Source Type: research
Doctors and Dark Money: A Bad Prescription for Health Reform Doctors and Dark Money: A Bad Prescription for Health Reform
A ' partnership ' of healthcare organizations is trying to block Medicare expansion, but who ' s actually behind it?Medscape Business of Medicine
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - March 6, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Expert Column Source Type: news
JAMA Internal Medicine —The Year in Review, 2019
Clearly, 2020 is another year full of interesting health care issues and new (and not so new) health care proposals that we look forward to discussing on these pages. In addition to a wide range of clinical topics in internal medicine, we will continue to cover issues such as drug pricing, surprise billing, bundled payments, Medicare for all, and transparency issues, to name a few. We are now in the tenth year of the Less Is More series and are pleased to see international attention to the harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment and on programs to increase high-value care. Of course, our work is far from done, as health c...
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - March 23, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Concordance between current American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Centers for Medicare and Medicare scoring criteria for obstructive sleep apnea in hospitalized persons with traumatic brain injury: a VA TBI Model System study
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine,<a href="https://jcsm.aasm.org/toc/jcsm/16/6">Volume 16, Issue 6</a>, Page 879-888, June 2020.
Source: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM - June 14, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Risa Nakase-RichardsonMarie N. DahdahEmily AlmeidaPeter RickettiMarc A. SilvaKarel CaleroUlysses MagalangDaniel J. Schwartz1Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A. Haley Veterans ’ Hospital, Tampa, Florida;2Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Cent Source Type: research
