HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

As of 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires that each hospital publish the standard prices of the procedures it offers in a document called a chargemaster. The stated purpose of this rule is to promote pricing transparency and help patients and health plans make informed healthcare decisions.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are health care facilities that provide same-day surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive procedures, outside a hospital setting for planned procedures on low-risk, stable patients. This registry suite is meeting an unmet need.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:Safety-net hospitals (SNHs) are crucial in serving uninsured, underinsured, and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, who often face financial limitations and resource shortages compared to their counterparts. Patients with safety-net features were those with Medicaid or no insurance. days, p<0.001) (Figure 1).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:Safety-net hospitals (SNHs) are crucial in serving uninsured, underinsured, and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, who often face financial limitations and resource shortages compared to their counterparts. Patients with safety-net features were those with Medicaid or no insurance. days, p<0.001) (Figure 1).

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Hospital Outcomes Stroke Strokes 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

We performed multivariable Logistic regression analysis to determine odds of in-hospital mortality in HF patients with and without TR. Subgroup analyses were performed based on (1) gender, (2) age, (3) race, (4) insurance status, (5) location and teaching status of admitting hospital, and (6) patients’ household neighborhood income quartile.

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Heart Failure Hospital Tricuspid Medicaid 40

American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule on Aug. increase in operating payment rates for general acute care hospitals, representing a 3.4% increase in the hospital market basket with a 0.5% 1, including a 2.9%

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

BackgroundLittle is known about hospital pricing for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Across 544 hospitals, median commercial and self‐pay rates were 2.01 Within hospitals, the 90th percentile insurer‐negotiated price was 1.83 Within hospitals, the 90th percentile insurer‐negotiated price was 1.83

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Hospital Medicare Medicaid 40

Cardiovascular Diabetology

JULY 7, 2024

The costs were direct total health care expenditures (out-of-pocket payments and payments by private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and other sources) from various sources (office-based visits, hospital outpatient, emergency room, inpatient hospital, pharmacy, home health care, and other medical expenditures).

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Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Drug Costs Medicaid 72

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The number of cardiac procedures being performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) has grown significantly over the last decade, and third-party payer reimbursement, led by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, have resulted in continued trends of minimally invasive cardiac procedures on stable patients increasingly being performed outside (..)

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DAIC

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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. 7, 2023.

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American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) summarized a recent billing edit change in the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule, which fixes an issue that previously prevented hospitals from reporting costs for cardiac computed tomography (CT) as cardiology services.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 13, 2025

"CMS proposes Medicare and Medicaid coverage for implantable pulmonary artery pressure sensors to manage heart failure. Final decision to be published on Jan.

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CMS Heart Failure Medicaid Medicare 52

DAIC

JUNE 4, 2024

Stroke recovery is a challenging process that extends for months after hospital discharge. I know the nurse explained my medications to me at the hospital. In the hospital, I could show I could give myself an injection so that I could take anticoagulants at home. This missing puzzle piece matters now more than ever.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Further, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have initiated the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) for IRF Services in several states which is anticipated to further reduce access to post-acute care rehabilitation.

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Hospital Medicare Stroke Strokes 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This observational study aims to investigate the association between income status in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and cardiovascular events among young, hospitalized adults with dependent cannabis use or cannabis use disorder (CUD).Methods:We vs. 27.9%), visiting rural hospitals (13.9% vs. 1.3%), with Medicaid (56.3% vs. 10.0%).

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Hospital Stroke Strokes Medicaid 40

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Cardiovascular medications frequently lead this category, often contributing to adverse clinical outcomes, including emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Common cardiovascular ADRs in geriatric patients include acute kidney injury, bleeding and orthostatic hypotension which can lead to hospitalization.

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Cardiovascular Disease Coronary Artery Disease CMS Hospital 40

DAIC

MARCH 13, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 03/13/2024 - 16:49 March 13, 2024 — BioCardia, Inc. ,

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CMS Heart Failure Reimbursement Quality of Life 111

DAIC

MARCH 7, 2024

Despite improvements with current medications and devices, heart failure remains at epidemic proportions and we now have an exciting opportunity for a therapy to improve important, objective outcomes, such as mortality and hospital re-admissions rates. vs. 13.2%, respectively).

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Heart Failure Biomarkers Reimbursement CMS 105

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Target: Type 2 DiabetesSM(TT2DM) is an American Heart Association® (AHA) initiative focused on providing evidence-based guideline (EBG) resources to mitigate risk in hospitalized stroke patients with DM. Participating Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG)-Stroke hospitals track EBG data to improve outcomes. Medicaid, and 15.3%

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Patients who present to a PSC with a large vessel occlusion are often transferred to hospitals with thrombectomy capability. Inequities in rates of hospital transfer amongst patients across various gender, racial background, and socioeconomic status are well established. or Medicaid (10.8 mins, p = 0.7)

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DAIC

JULY 9, 2024

He most recently served as President of Yale New Haven Hospital and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Churchwell, of Branford, Connecticut, is the Association’s 88th volunteer president to serve in the organization’s 100 years of existence.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Since 2016, hospitals have been able to document International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes for National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). As of 2023, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses NIHSS as a risk adjustment variable. of hospitals.

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DAIC

JULY 25, 2024

“The CardiAMP cell therapy has the potential to be groundbreaking and life changing for patients with heart failure,” said Dr. Leslie Miller, MD , trial investigator at the CHF Heart Function Clinic at BayCare Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida and a member of the CardiAMP Heart Failure II Study Executive Steering Committee. “As

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Heart Failure Quality of Life CMS Reimbursement 111

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We aim to better understand this risk and its impact on in-hospital outcomes over a longitudinal time period in a large population based sample.Methods:We analyzed the 2000-2019 National Inpatient Sample, selecting for aneurysmal SAH (aSAH). vs 15.2%) and were more likely to have Medicaid insurance (43.4% vs 23.0), coma (5.4%

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Inpatient Aneurysm Hemorrhage Outcomes 40

DAIC

MARCH 7, 2024

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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Technology Document Cardiovascular Imaging Cancer 111

Conquering CHD

MARCH 7, 2024

If your family does not have private insurance, please ask your care team for resources to learn how to find alternative insurance through Medicaid or other similar State programs. Virtually no one can afford open-heart surgery, catheter procedures, or other major heart procedures out-of-pocket.

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Congenital Heart Disease Congenital Pediatrics Heart Disease 98

DAIC

MARCH 3, 2025

Dr. Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, MASNC, Director of Cardiac PET at Houston Methodist Hospital, said, Flyrcado opens new frontiers for cardiac PET with a significantly longer half-life than existing PET MPI tracers, and we are proud to be one of the first to use it in our cardiac PET lab. National Center for Health Statistics.

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Coronary Artery Disease Ischemia Exercise Hospital 52

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Minnesota Primary (PSC) and Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) hospitals have consistently demonstrated performance below the national benchmark (76%) for dysphagia screening. Disparities by patient race/ethnicity and an overall underperformance on this measure in MN compared to hospitals nationwide was identified.

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Stroke Strokes Health Disparities Best Practices 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The objective of our analysis was to determine if SDOH are associated with ambulatory status at discharge following acute ischemic stroke(IS) hospitalization.Methods:We included IS patients hospitalized from January 1, 2015-December 31, 2019 who were ambulating at baseline and had known county of residence in the GWTG registry.

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Stroke Strokes Education Medicaid 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

They were more likely insured by Medicare, less by Medicaid, and less likely baseline ambulatory, have a Bachelor’s degree, or own a home, with lower median income. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATMP15-ATMP15, February 1, 2024. Introduction:One-fifth of the US population reside in rural areas (RAs).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

BACKGROUND:Many national initiatives focus on promoting early hospital arrival of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) because treatment effectiveness is time-dependent. However, several studies reported time-delays in hospital arrival, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stroke, Ahead of Print. LKWA >4.5

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The average participant had 9 Navigator touchpoints totaling 6‐8 hours over the 12 weeks.ResultsIn this feasibility study, clinician‐assessed mRS scores were captured at 90 days following hospital discharge for 95% of participants.

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Stroke Strokes Outcomes Quality of Life 40

GEMMS

APRIL 8, 2024

In addition to this, the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program aims to encourage healthcare providers to adopt and effectively use certified Health IT to improve patient care information exchange.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2021

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. For more, visit acc.org.

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Technology Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Cardiothoracic Aortic valve 40

GEMMS

MARCH 28, 2023

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.

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Patient Care Quality of Life Technology Medicaid 52

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

The aim of this study is to understand the social determinants of health within our public safety net hospital. Methods:All patients entered into the GWTG-Stroke registry for NYC Health+Hospitals/Kings County between 3/1/2022 and 3/31/2024. 4.42, p<0.02). 3.06, p<0.04). 3.06, p<0.04). 3.82, p<0.01).

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Thrombolysis Hospital Stroke Strokes 40

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Factors considered in analysis include patient age, sex, geographic region, Medicaid dual eligibility, disability status prior to age 65, comorbidities, admission length of stay, discharge disposition, and hospital characteristics.

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