Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

DECEMBER 27, 2024

IVUS use increased slightly from 2016 to 2023, driven more by use in TEVAR compared with EVAR, and was higher in academic settings, with Medicare and Medicaid dual enrollment, in the West, with dissections, with malperfusion and for elective procedures.

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Ultrasound Aortic Medicaid Medicare 40

Hypertension Journal

APRIL 2, 2025

Individuals with lower income, lower educational attainment, and those with Medicaid or no insurance were significantly less likely to report attending a postpartum visit. Among those who reported attending a postpartum visit, only 56.3% reported receiving postpartum counseling on healthy lifestyle, 60.9%

Hypertension 40

Hypertension Medicaid Blood Pressure Risk Factors 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

With growing evidence supporting the role of percutaneous interventions for the treatment of significant TR, understanding these disparities is more crucial than ever.Methods:Data was extracted from the National Inpatient Sample 2016 - 2020 Database.

Heart Failure 40

Heart Failure Hospital Tricuspid Medicaid 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Since 2016, hospitals have been able to document International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes for National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). As of 2023, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses NIHSS as a risk adjustment variable.

Medicare 40

Medicare Document Strokes Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

They were more likely insured by Medicare, less by Medicaid, and less likely baseline ambulatory, have a Bachelor’s degree, or own a home, with lower median income.

Strokes 40

Strokes Stroke Medicaid Medicare 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Patients with safety-net features were those with Medicaid or no insurance. Hospitals were ranked based on the percentage of patients with safety-net features. Hospitals in the top quartile were defined as SNHs, and the remaining hospitals were defined as non-SNHs.

Hospital 40

Hospital Outcomes Strokes Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

1.43]) or on Medicaid (1.17 [1.08-1.26]; Readmission (RA) to acute care during IR may compromise this favorable recovery trajectory. Across both IR discharge models, patients who were male (aORs: 1.17 [1.08-1.26]; 1.26]; 1.30 [1.18-1.43]), 1.43]), [FV2] had a history of antihypertensive use (1.18 [1.04-1.34]; 1.34]; 1.27 [1.08-1.51]),

Inpatient 40

Inpatient Strokes Stroke Atrial Fibrillation 40