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STS Announces Late-breaker Research to Be Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting

DAIC

The researchers found that Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer exhibit identifiable predictors for long-term survival and readmission. These findings suggest opportunities to enhance clinical practice and improve outcomes for Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer.

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Referral Networks, Racial Inequity, and Hospital Quality for Open Heart Surgery

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

BACKGROUND:Differences in the quality of hospitals where Black and White patients receive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery have been documented.

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Contemporary Administrative Codes to Identify Pulmonary Vein Isolation Procedures for Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American Heart Association

Each patient was matched with their claims from Medicare Provider Analysis and Review to compare CPT withInternational Classification of Diseases,Tenth Revision,Procedure Coding System(ICD10PCS) claims submitted by health care facilities to bill for PVIs.

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Heart Rhythm Society’s survey assessing cardiac implantable electronic devices and magnetic resonance imaging

HeartRhythm

The 2017 Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) expert consensus statement outlined protocols for scanning both MRI-conditional and non-MRI-conditional CIED systems.1 1 In the United States, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded coverage to include non-MRI-conditional systems ("off-label MRI") under specific conditions.

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Abstract TP121: More Thrombectomy Transfers and Simpler Network Structures in Vertically Integrated ED-Hospital Pairs

Stroke Journal

We characterized the vertical integration of the stroke transfer networks using descriptive statistics and the structure using multiple edge directed graphs.Results:We identified 13287, 14217, 15169 stroke transfers in 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively. There was no substantial change in 2017 or 2018.Conclusion:From

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How Interoperability Can Streamline the MIPS Reporting Changes

GEMMS

Established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) , the MIPS Program is pivotal in determining Medicare payment adjustments for healthcare practices. By assessing a composite performance score, eligible clinicians stand to receive payment bonuses and penalties or remain unaffected by adjustments.

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Classification Algorithm to Distinguish Between Type 1 and Type 2 Myocardial Infarction in Administrative Claims Data

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

We then assessed the probability that each hospitalization was for a T2MI versus T1MI and examined care occurring in 2017 before the introduction of the T2MI code.Results:After application of inclusion and exclusion criteria, 7759 hospitalizations for myocardial infarction remained (46.5% T1MI and 53.5% T2MI; mean age, 79±10.3