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Trends in direct health care costs among US adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with and without diabetes

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Objective Population-based national data on the trends in expenditures related to coexisting atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD) and diabetes is scarce. Individuals with diabetes had a 1.5-fold fold higher mean expenditure that those without diabetes. individuals aged ≥ 18 years.

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How to Get Free or Lower Cost Insulin for Your Medicare and Non-Medicare Patients: Shattering Barriers to Insulin Access

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Astronomically high insulin costs have led to complications and barriers to access for millions of Americans with diabetes. Please advise your Medicaid patients to check their state’s Medicaid agency for specific information, as every state’s regulations differ. Get more information on Medicaid insulin benefits.

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

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

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. 0.96]) decreased for low-income adults, while diabetes screening (RR 1.01 [0.95-1.08]) 1.08]) remained stable.

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Abstract WP48: Prescription Rate for Antihyperglycemic Medication With Proven Cardiovascular Benefit at Discharge in Stroke Patients Not Equal Among Payer Sources

Stroke Journal

Background:Mortality doubles in stroke patients when Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is present. Payer sources were identified as: self-pay, Medicaid, Medicare, and Private/HMO. Medicaid, and 15.3% Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP48-AWP48, February 1, 2024. Findings: In the specified timeframe, 11.7% of patients received AMPB.

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Weight Loss Drugs Land Medicare Coverage for Cardiovascular Events

CardiacWire

Medicare Part D already covered diabetes-targeted GLP-1s (Ozempic & Mounjaro), and this guidance paves the way for on-label coverage for their obesity counterparts.

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Real?World Evaluation of an Automated Algorithm to Detect Patients With Potentially Undiagnosed Hypertension Among Patients With Routine Care in Hawai?i

Journal of the American Heart Association

Factors associated with a higher risk of potentially undiagnosed hypertension included individual characteristics (ages 40–84 compared with 18–39 years), clinical (lack of diabetes diagnosis) and health system factors (clinic site and being a Medicaid versus a Medicare beneficiary), and timing (readings obtained after the COVID‐19 Stay‐At‐Home Order (..)

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8 Crucial Features Your Cardiology EHR Software Should Have

GEMMS

healthcare providers can use the Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs and Quality Payment Programs (also known as Promoting Interoperability Programs) to earn financial rewards for using certified EHRs, like GEMMS ONE. Quality Payment Program U.S.