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Abstract 4119868: Statin and PCSK9 Inhibitor Utilization and Spending in Medicaid between 2018 to 2022: A National Analysis

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4119868-A4119868, November 12, 2024. Introduction:Low-income working-aged adults in the Medicaid program have a high burden of cardiovascular risk factors and disease, but often face barriers accessing necessary therapies. However, Medicaid spending on statins decreased by 7.1%, from $246.2

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Health and Hope for Everyone, Everywhere, Starts With Access to Health Care: The Role of Medicaid Expansion

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 1 , Page e1-e2, July 2, 2024.

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CMS Grants Distinct TPT Device Code and Category to Recor Medical for Ultrasound Renal Denervation

DAIC

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have granted the company’s Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system a Transitional Pass-through (TPT) payment. tim.hodson Fri, 11/08/2024 - 09:57 Nov. 1, 2024 — Recor Medical, Inc. and its parent company, Otsuka Medical Devices Co. recently announced U.S.

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Healthcare Access and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management Among Working-Age US Adults During the Pandemic

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. 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. 1.12]), access to a provider (RR 1.12 [1.09-1.14]),

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From the Member Sections | Tackling the Polypharmacy Pandemic in CV Care

American College of Cardiology

Initiatives such as the World Health Organization's "Medication Without Harm" and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) expanded quality measures aim to reduce preventable emergency visits and hospital admissions due to medication-related harm. Circulation. Circulation. BMC Med2015;13(74). 2016;134(6):e32-69.

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Utilization and Outcomes Associated With Intravascular Ultrasound during Abdominal and Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Interventions in the United States in the Contemporary Era (2016–2023)

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. 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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Abstract 4140781: Impact of Tricuspid Regurgitation on In-hospital Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure – United States Population-Based Survey Analysis

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4140781-A4140781, November 12, 2024. Among HF patients with TR, African Americans, patients with Medicaid insurance and patients belonging to lowest neighborhood income quartile had higher risk of in-hospital mortality compared to those without TR.