HCPLive

MAY 17, 2024

Patients who missed their initial HCV treatment appointment had greater housing instability, transportation difficulty, and a history of medication non-adherence.

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Outpatient 64

Dr. Anish Koka

JULY 23, 2023

Reducing or changing reimbursement for procedures in the outpatient/non-hospital setting is a common solution proffered by a number of commenters. More trials may shed light on exactly how inappropriate atherectomy is and define the population best suited for it.

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Vascular Care Outpatient Peripheral Arterial Disease Stents 52

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Purpose:Evaluate NNN-P impact on the Inpatient & Outpatient Post Stroke Continuum.Method:A retrospective review of 1,493 SP was conducted w/402 in the NNN-P. Contact information was verified with post DC calls at 3, 7, 30, & 90 days [d] w/Modified Rankin Score assessment [mRS-A] at 90d.

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Outpatient Nursing Inpatient Stroke 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Self-reported smoking status was assessed at each consecutive visit and used to determine smoking cessation after each interim ASCVD event (myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass graft, stroke/transient ischemic attack, peripheral artery disease).

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Outpatient Peripheral Arterial Disease Cardiovascular Disease 45

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

According to a new study, overall outpatient mental health care increased from 11.2% between 2018 and 2018. However, for individuals with serious psychological distress, the rate of care decreased from 46.5% to 40.4%.

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COVID-19 Outpatient 118

HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Current guidelines recommend inpatient monitoring during sotalol initiation due to safety concerns in relation to its proarrhythmic effect.

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Outpatient Inpatient 40

Cassling

JULY 19, 2024

With only one CT scanner in the hospital to service outpatients and the emergency room, Bonner General saw an urgent need for expansion in order to better serve its patients. Since 2014, Bonner General Health in Sand Point, Idaho, has experienced a staggering 73% increase in the number of CT scans they perform annually.

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Hospital Outpatient Blog 88

The American Journal of Cardiology

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Publication date: 15 January 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 211 Author(s): Chadapa Sevamontree, Supreeya Jintajirapan, Pran Phakdeekitcharoen, Prin Vathesatogkit, Bunyong Phakdeekitcharoen

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Outpatient Electrocardiogram 40

American College of Cardiology

MAY 3, 2024

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequently encountered diagnosis in both the emergency department (ED) and among hospitalized patients, with increasing incidence throughout the U.S.

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Embolism Pulmonary Outpatient Hospital 40

Open Heart

JANUARY 29, 2024

Objective This study aimed to explore clinicians’ perspectives of ambulatory care in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). Methods Semistructured interviews were carried out remotely (Zoom) with a range of physicians providing ambulatory care to patients with ACHD across the UK.

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Congenital Heart Disease Congenital Heart Disease Outpatient 52

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 16, 2024

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health will open a new outpatient heart center, the UnityPoint Health-Trinity Heart Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

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Outpatient 52

Med Page Today

JULY 10, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- For patients with chronic heart failure (HF) who have persistent congestion despite high doses of oral loop diuretics, the right way to intensify diuretics in the outpatient setting may be narrowed, based on a small randomized.

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Outpatient Heart Failure 59

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

These data indicate that in the US, the outpatient management of patients with pulmonary embolism identified as lower-risk may continue to be underutilized.

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Embolism Pulmonary Outpatient 72

HCPLive

JULY 8, 2024

Medical experts discuss the management of patients with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) receiving lactulose and rifaximin therapy and develop diarrhea or a urinary tract infection (UTI) in the outpatient setting.

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Outpatient 52

Cassling

MAY 10, 2024

In addition to being a primary care provider and outpatient facility, the Casselton Clinic provides radiology services on site, including X-ray. The Essentia Health-Casselton Clinic prides itself on its small town roots, with providers getting to know each and every patient on a first name basis.

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Outpatient Blog 90

The New England Journal of Medicine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This feature about a man who has had a spontaneous pneumothorax offers a case vignette accompanied by two essays, one supporting insertion of a chest tube and the other recommending following the patient closely as an outpatient.

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Outpatient 75

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

4, providing feedback and raising concerns on several issues of relevance to the cardiovascular community in the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule. The ACC submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Sept.

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American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 7, 2024

A novel quality improvement (QI) initiative for guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) utilization increased angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) prescriptions in outpatients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF,) according to an implementation perspective paper published (..)

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Outpatient Heart Failure Article 56

American College of Cardiology

APRIL 1, 2024

What is the prognostic importance of an increase in N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and outpatient diuretic intensification (ODI) as markers of disease progression in a cohort of patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA)?

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Outpatient Article 66

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

APRIL 15, 2024

Since then, she has been regularly attending outpatient clinic appointments. During a routine physical examination three years ago, a 47-year-old woman received a diagnosis of a nodule in her right upper lung.

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Outpatient 52

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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CMS Medicaid Medicare Outpatient 40

Cassling

APRIL 26, 2024

The system accelerates and standardizes 2D fluoroscopic and 3D cone-beam computed tomography (CT) imaging for surgeons and operating room teams in hospitals and outpatient facilities, bringing consistency to automated workflows and reducing imaging time during operations.

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Outpatient Hospital Blog 80

American College of Cardiology

JULY 18, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rule on July 10. CMS proposes a 2.6% increase to OPPS payment rates that reflects a market basket update of 3.0%

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HeartRhythm

JULY 2, 2024

Implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) implantation is typically performed in the electrophysiology lab (EP) or outpatient (OP) setting. Performing them in hospital wards (HW) may reduce time to implant and procedural costs. Utilizing non-physician Cardiac Scientists (CSs) may further reduce costs 1 and hospital inefficiencies.2

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Outpatient Electrophysiology Hospital 45

DAIC

MAY 31, 2024

Beyond clinical care, this partnership will deploy AI in all aspects of care delivery including patient engagement and bringing operational efficiency to Cardiology outpatient centers. and InfoBionic.Ai are elevating cardiovascular care by providing new and more effective tools for doctors to diagnose and predict risk.

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Outpatient Technology Innovation Hospital 104

Circulation

AUGUST 4, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 6 , Page e106-e106, August 6, 2024.

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Preserved Ejection Fraction Outpatient Article Heart Failure 45

HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Choice of drugs for rate control is recommended based on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), however, real-time assessment of LVEF remains limited, particularly in outpatient setting.

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Outpatient Atrial Fibrillation Heart Failure 40

Heart BMJ

JUNE 17, 2024

We assessed the provision of preconception counselling (PCC) among women of reproductive age attending general cardiology outpatient clinics over a 12-month period in two large health boards in Scotland. Conclusion PCC is documented infrequently in women of reproductive age with CVD in the general outpatient setting. in mWHO class IV.

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Outpatient Document General Cardiology Education 52

HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Anticoagulation for stroke prevention is often recommended for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF), yet for variable reasons many eligible patients do not receive guideline-concordant anticoagulation. Prior quality improvement (QI) initiatives to improve anticoagulation in AF have had mixed results.

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Atrial Fibrillation Academic Outpatient Stroke 40

The British Journal of Cardiology

APRIL 16, 2024

Many could be managed as urgent outpatients and avoid hospital admission. In conclusion, our rapid-access cardiology clinic is a safe model for outpatient management of a range of cardiovascular presentations to the ED. Cardiac pathology contributes to a significant proportion of emergency department (ED) attendances.

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COVID-19 Outpatient General Cardiology Outcomes 52

Circulation

AUGUST 4, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 6 , Page e107-e108, August 6, 2024.

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Preserved Ejection Fraction Outpatient Article Heart Failure 45

Cassling

MARCH 22, 2024

The scanner combines the power and speed of dual-source CT technology—two X-ray tubes and two detectors—with embedded artificial intelligence and user assistance features to deliver workflow efficiencies.

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Outpatient Technology Blog 52

HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Here, we propose a novel, fully-automated, ECG-based risk-stratification tool to identify very-low risk patients, who can be treated in an outpatient setting.

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Outpatient 40

European Journal of Heart Failure

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Diagrammatic illustration of trends of incident heart failure diagnosis and diagnostic testing in the US from 2016 to 2019 stratified by inpatient and outpatient setting. Temporal trends significance was evaluated using Cochran–Armitage trend tests. A total of 124 126 patients were included.

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Heart Failure Inpatient Outpatient Outcomes 40

DAIC

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

NCDR has the experience and data needed to allow ASCs to benchmark their performance against similar facilities, including hospitals performing these procedures on an outpatient basis, and use that information to optimize care delivery and patient outcomes.”

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Outpatient Hospital Reimbursement Medicaid 105

Heart BMJ

APRIL 25, 2024

1 Long-term AF management, including outpatient visits, hospitalisations and disabilities from stroke and heart failure (HF), adds substantial burden on healthcare resources and costs, accounting for 2.6% Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disorder, affecting an estimated 43 million people globally.

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Atrial Fibrillation Public Health Outpatient Heart Failure 52

Cassling

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

For the past few years, providers of outpatient Medicare-eligible X-rays conducted on a computed radiography system experienced a payment reduction of 7% on each exam. At the beginning of this year, a reimbursement cut came into effect that went largely under the radar, despite many providers still utilizing the system in question.

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Reimbursement Medicare Outpatient Blog 52