Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As of 2023, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses NIHSS as a risk adjustment variable. Medicare and Mount Sinai Health System registry data were linked using a matching algorithm. of Medicare cases even though it was documented in 93.1% Index AIS admissions were identified using the ICD-10-CM code of I63.x.

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Medicare Document Stroke Strokes 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This study evaluated the relationship between community-level distress and CR participation, access to CR facilities, and clinical outcomes.METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted on a 100% sample of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing inpatient coronary revascularization between July 2016 and December 2018.

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Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatient Myocardial Infarction Outcomes 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

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

AUGUST 8, 2023

The objective of this study was to assess whether neutral clinical trials may have influenced BAO thrombectomy practice.METHODSThe National Inpatient Sample (2018–2020) was queried for US patients with BAO, and comparisons were made between patients admitted in 2020 versus 2018 to 2019 for the primary outcome of thrombectomy. P=0.06).

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Inpatient Medicare Stroke Strokes 40

Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

times the Medicare rate ($57 240 and $75 047, respectively, versus $28 398). In univariate analysis, higher inpatient revenue, greater annual discharges, and major teaching status were significantly associated with higher prices. Univariate and multivariable analyses were performed to assess factors predictive of higher prices.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Office of the Inspector General recently reported that 13% of Medicare beneficiaries were denied access by some Medicare Advantage Organizations to medically necessary care, including admission to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF).

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Hospital Medicare Stroke Strokes 40

Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 12, 2024

Using unadjusted and adjusted multilevel logistic models, we examined associations between measures of segregation and outcomes of discharge home, inpatient mortality, and 30‐day mortality. The dissimilarity index for ET providers was high, with a mean of 0.48 (SD, 0.29) across all hospitals.

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Hospital Outcomes Inpatient Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

APRIL 3, 2024

Within the PSD cohort, 25 451 (71.5%) had no death or recurrent stroke within 6 months and 5592 (15.7%) had no death or readmission of any cause within 6 months.

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Stroke Strokes Medicare Outpatient 40

Stroke Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

While hypoglycemia has been established as a risk factor for cardiovascular events such as acute ischemic stroke (AIS), there is limited research demonstrating hypoglycemic events as stroke triggers.

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Diabetes Stroke Strokes Medicare 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Medicare) have a lower risk of r-ICH (0.45, 0.31 - 0.67), AIS (0.71, 0.53 - 0.95), and MACE (0.58, 0.47 - 0.71). Results:Among 10,652 ICH patients (median age [IQR]: 70 [58 - 80] years; 47.7% female; 43.2% lobar ICH), 3.3%, 3.1%, 0.5%, and 8.1%, respectively, experienced r-ICH, AIS, AMI, and MACE. Patients with lobar ICH (vs. Blacks (vs.

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Hemorrhage Myocardial Infarction Atrial Fibrillation Medicare 40

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Study Population includes all patients with an ischemic stroke inpatient admission in 2018 and were continuously enrolled with Medicare FFS for 1 year prior to and following their initial 2018 stroke admission.

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Risk Factors Stroke Strokes Medicare 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, there are limited population-based data regarding the risk of seizures associated with clinically diagnosed CAA.Methods:We performed a retrospective cohort study using inpatient and outpatient claims from 2016 to 2018 from a nationally representative 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries.

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Medicare Outpatient Inpatient Hemorrhage 40

Circulation: Heart Failure

JANUARY 26, 2024

Patients who underwent bariatric surgery were matched to controls in a 1:2 ratio (matched on exact age, sex, race, body mass index, HF encounter year, and HF hospitalization rate pre-surgery/matched period).

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Heart Failure Obesity Medicare Outcomes 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

METHODS:Using Medicare-linked data from the Evolut Low Risk trial, we identified 619 patients: 606 (322 TAVR/284 SAVR) and 593 (312 TAVR/281 SAVR) were analyzed at 1 and 2 years, respectively. Secondary outcomes DAH30and DAH90were higher in TAVR (DAH30, 26.0±3.6 difference in days, 5.3 [4.5–6.2];P<0.001; P<0.001; DAH90, 85.1±8.3

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Aortic valve TAVR Aortic Medicare 40

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We examined the demographic and clinical correlates of EVT use in CVT and assessed its impact on patient outcomes utilizing a national database.MethodsWe identified CVT cases from 2015 to 2020 in the National Inpatient Sample, with EVT as the primary exposure. Individuals with Medicare (OR: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.26‐0.59, p<0.001).ConclusionWe

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Thrombosis Cancer Inpatient Hospital 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A49-A49, February 1, 2024. We calculated the age and sex-specific proportions of revascularizations that were CAS and combined annual CAS/CEA counts with census data to determine annual utilization rate per 100,000 population.

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The Beat Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

Elliott Fisher during a 2006 public meeting with the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC). Then, six years later in 2012, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorized the use of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improve the safety and quality of care and reduce health care costs in Medicare.

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