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Hospitals with highest, lowest 30-day mortality rates for heart attack patients

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

New York City-based NYU Langone hospital had the lowest 30-day mortality rate for heart attack patients in the U.S. between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released July 31.

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20 hospitals with the lowest, highest heart attack death rates

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Discover the top hospitals with the lowest and highest death rates for heart attack patients, according to CMS data. NYU Langone Hospitals ranks #1

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Hospitals with highest, lowest heart attack readmission rates

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Two Michigan hospitals had the highest excess readmission ratios for heart attack patients in the U.S. between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2022, according to CMS data released July 31.

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Hospitals with the lowest readmission rates for heart attack patients

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Discover the hospitals with the highest and lowest hospital return days for heart attack patients, according to CMS data collected from July 2019 to June 2022.

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Hospitals with lowest, highest Medicare payments for heart attack care

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

reported the highest Medicare payment of $38,459 for heart attack care between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Oct. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Miss.)

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Biocardia Reports Positive Interim Results from Phase III Cardiamp Cell Therapy Heart Failure Trial, with Compelling Data in Subgroup with Elevated NTproBNP Biomarker for Heart Failure

DAIC

Patients treated with CardiAMP cell therapy saw an almost 5% lower rate of heart death equivalents at up to two years compared to control patients treated with heart failure medication alone (8.3% The CardiAMP HF II trial is expected to similarly secure CMS reimbursement. vs. 13.2%, respectively).

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Weight Loss Drugs Land Medicare Coverage for Cardiovascular Events

CardiacWire

Less than two weeks after Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy gained expanded FDA approval for cardiovascular event risk reduction, CMS issued a new Medicare Part D guidance that allows coverage of obesity drugs for senior patients with “an additional medically accepted indication”… like cardiovascular disease.