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GE Healthcare Launches New Cardiac PET tracer

DAIC

This launch coincides with the receipt of pass-through status by the CMS, effectiveApril 1, securing a drug-specific Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) billing code and coverage for traditional Medicare beneficiaries. Click here to learn more about Flyrcado. i Maddahi, J, Agostini, D, Bateman, T.

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Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Stroke Recovery Through Digital Health Solutions

DAIC

Stroke recovery is a challenging process that extends for months after hospital discharge. With the rise of digital health, innovative solutions are emerging that can significantly impact patient care and recovery while simultaneously addressing health equity. I know the nurse explained my medications to me at the hospital.

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New Legislation Speeds Progress on Patient Access to New Technologies

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

Removing these barriers would allow surgeons, physicians, hospitals, health systems, and others to conduct longitudinal analyses and gain new insights into long-term outcomes for patients undergoing procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)—the most common operation performed by cardiac surgeons. Learn more at sts.org.

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The Evolving Computed Tomography Market

DAIC

It reported the rate of CCTA exams by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased markedly from 2010 to 2019. Over that period, the rates of CCTA by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased by 355%, according to findings of Russell A. Rao, MD, FACR, from Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals.

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ACO REACH: A New Evolution in At-Risk Primary Care

The Beat Blog

There are many flavors of ACOs — including hospital-based ACOs, independent ACOs that offer what tends to be called “facility-based primary care” (that is, they build and run their own centers), and “over the top” players such as Aledade, Evolent, and Privia that collaborate with existing independent primary care practices.