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Does Value Based Care Improve Cardiology?

CardiacWire

Casting doubt on value based cardiac care, a JAMA study found that outpatient cardiology practices enrolled in an accountable care organization (ACO) through the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) dont offer better care than non-ACO practices. No changes in CVD drug prescriptions, LDL profiles, or smoking cessation.

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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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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. The approval of TPT offers incremental reimbursement payments for outpatient procedures performed with ultrasound renal denervation for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.

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Medtronic Presents New Data, Clinical Milestones at CRT 2025

DAIC

The data included a study of the largest cohort of commercially treated, uncontrolled hypertensive patients at a single center (six months after approval) who underwent RF RDN with Symplicity Spyral. We remain dedicated to furthering our investment in data to establish interventional hypertension procedures."

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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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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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Narcolepsy Is Associated With Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease as Early as Childhood: A Big Data Analysis

Journal of the American Heart Association

Main outcomes were diagnosis of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis following index date, as well as a composite measure for CVD and major adverse cardiovascular events.