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  • News

    MACRA Provides New Direction for U.S. Healthcare

    March 14, 2016

    Last year, Congress passed legislation to permanently eliminate the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, created in 1997 and designed to hold Medicare Part B or outpatient spending under control.

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    Steroids May Increase Venous Thromboembolism Risk

    August 28, 2013

    Glucocorticoid use associated with significant increase in VTE occurrence, JAMA Internal Medicine study shows

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    Reviews of Research on Steroids and VTE Risk, Epidural Catheterization, and Beta-Blockers During Noncardiac Surgery

    August 2, 2013

    Also reviewed this month: advance-care planning for hospitalized elderly, impact of surgical complications, and patient-centered decision making

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    New Codes Bridge Hospitals’ Post-Discharge Billing Gap

    February 1, 2013

    The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) transitional-care management codes may boost post-discharge clinics, clarify hospitalists’ discharge planning

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    ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research

    July 31, 2012

    Neutral head position safe for internal jugular vein cannulation; thrombolysis decreases mortality in unstable patients with acute PE; rectal indomethacin decreases incidence of post-ERCP pancreatitis; CHADS2-VASc and HAS-BLED as predictors in afib patients; no readmission, mortality decreases with self-supported COPD management; Medicare Premier P4P initiatives do not decrease mortality; in-hospital rate of DVT/PE after hip and knee arthroplasty; sodium chloride prevents contrast-induced nephropathy.

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    ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research

    July 24, 2012

    Supported self-management of COPD does not decrease readmission or mortality rates

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    ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research

    July 11, 2012

    Fluoroquinolones may increase rate of retinal detachment, a rare occurrence overall

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    ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research

    June 13, 2012

    Meta-analysis of 2001-2011 warfarin use shows decline in stroke rates compared with earlier studies

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