Heart BMJ

JANUARY 29, 2025

Methods Using the publicly accessible Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Part D database and the Open Payments Database, this study assessed associations between industry-sponsored meal payments to physician prescribers and total amounts of Medicare claims and spending for sacubitril/valsartan between 2015 and 2021.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Heart Failure 52

American College of Cardiology

JULY 10, 2024

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released on July 10 the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) proposed rule, building on the HTI-1 final rule released in 2023 and additional information blocking rules released (..)

CMS 45

CMS Medicaid Public Health Medicare 45

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We then evaluated changes among low-income adults in Medicaid expansion versus non-expansion states using a similar approach.Results:The unweighted study population included 80,767 low-income and 184,136 high income adults. 1.09]) in 2021 compared with 2019. 1.09]) in 2021 compared with 2019. However, routine visits (RR 0.96 [0.94-0.98])

Risk Factors 40

Risk Factors Medicaid COVID-19 Outpatient 40

DAIC

JULY 9, 2024

He completed his postgraduate training in cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology at Emory School of Medicine and is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.

Innovation 111

Innovation Health Disparities Cardiovascular Disease Medicaid 111

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

1.39]), Medicaid insurance (1.16 [1.06-1.27]), During the peak of the COVID pandemic (2020), these trends were further exaggerated and did not return to pre-pandemic levels in 2021-2023. groups were more likely to be older, males, Black or Asian race, Medicaid insurance, lower income, and more comorbidities. The LKWA>4.5

Medicaid 40

Medicaid Strokes Stroke Outcomes 40

Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We calculated total patients with potentially undiagnosed hypertension and compared patients flagged for undiagnosed hypertension to those with diagnosed hypertension and to the full patient panel across individual characteristics, clinical and health system factors (eg, clinic of care), and timing.

Hypertension 45

Hypertension COVID-19 Medicaid Medicare 45

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We formed a workgroup comprised of stroke coordinators from across the Minnesota Stroke System to stratify the data by race, ethnicity, and insurance status and collectively identify ways to improve dysphagia screening for stroke patients.Methods:In 2021, MN Stroke Registry data was analyzed for dysphagia screening performance and compliance.

Strokes 40

Strokes Stroke Health Disparities Best Practices 40