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Disparities in Postpartum Care After a Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy in the United States

Hypertension Journal

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. Individuals with lower income, lower educational attainment, and those with Medicaid or no insurance were significantly less likely to report attending a postpartum visit. Among those who reported attending a postpartum visit, only 56.3% reported receiving postpartum counseling on healthy lifestyle, 60.9%

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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. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Recor’s Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system for the treatment of hypertension on Nov. 1, 2024 — Recor Medical, Inc.

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Medicare for Renal Denervation; Cardiac Telemetry App Recall; Stroke Flags in Eyes

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will review a potential national Medicare coverage policy for renal denervation for patients with hypertension, Medtronic announced. The FDA said Philips is recalling the monitoring.

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Initial Antihypertensive Prescribing in Relation to Blood Pressure Among Florida Medicaid and Medicare Recipients in the OneFlorida+ Research Consortium

Hypertension Journal

Hypertension, Volume 81, Issue 2 , Page e7-e9, February 1, 2024.

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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

BackgroundThis real‐world evaluation considers an algorithm designed to detect patients with potentially undiagnosed hypertension, receiving routine care, in a large health system in Hawaiʻi. had been diagnosed with hypertension, 2.7% had no evidence of hypertension. Among the eligible patients (N=13 364), 52.6%

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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. Treatment for hypertension (RR 1.05 [1.02-1.08]) 1.12]), access to a provider (RR 1.12 [1.09-1.14]),

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Abstract WP137: 10-Year Trends in Last Known Well to Arrival Time in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: 2014-2023

Stroke Journal

1.39]), Medicaid insurance (1.16 [1.06-1.27]), 1.41]), hypertension (1.15 [1.05-1.25]), groups were more likely to be older, males, Black or Asian race, Medicaid insurance, lower income, and more comorbidities. The AIS patients in the LKWA>4.5 1.32]), males (1.10 [1.03-1.17]), 1.17]), Black (1.20 [1.08-1.33]),