The Trouble With Upcoding Extends Far Beyond Ethics The practice reminds us that our healthcare system is failing patients and clinicians alike Nov 11, 2024
Inching Toward a Blood Test for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Researchers try to address challenge of distinguishing HCM from other cardiomyopathies Nov 11, 2024
AMA Delegates Dive Into Water Bead Injuries; Patients' 'Scanxiety' Over Test Results Members also debate alternative ways states can safely license foreign med-school graduates Nov 10, 2024
Paying Docs for Prior Authorizations Among the Hot Topics at the AMA Meeting Delegates also mulled resolutions on pediatric hospital closures, public health misinformation Nov 10, 2024
Fixing Medicare Cuts, Reforming Prior Auth Among AMA's Top Priorities, Says AMA Prez Bruce Scott, MD, also touches on scope-of-practice issues in speech to House of Delegates Nov 09, 2024
Does the AMA Need to Right-Size Its House of Delegates? Departing CEO James Madara, MD, suggests the group's governing body might be getting too large Nov 09, 2024
MedPAC Tackles Accuracy of Medicare Advantage Network Directories Providers can change any time, leaving patients anxious and stranded, commissioners say Nov 08, 2024
Midlife Choices May Offset Genetic Risk for Dementia, Stroke, Late-Life Depression Risk of common age-related brain diseases was reduced over 12-year follow-up Nov 08, 2024
When's the Best Time to Get Your Flu and COVID Shots? It's important to get vaccinated ahead of the holidays, health officials say Nov 08, 2024
Watchdog Calls for Tighter Scrutiny of Medicare Advantage Home Visits CMS, which runs the Medicare program, disagrees Nov 08, 2024
What Happens to Medicare Price Negotiations Under Trump? Is price negotiation in the next administration's crosshairs or is it "political suicide"? Nov 07, 2024
100 Days Trapped in Inpatient Legal Limbo Awaiting guardianship in the hospital long-term should not be the norm Nov 06, 2024
Early-Life Sugar Restriction Reduced Diabetes, Hypertension Risk Diagnoses were also delayed the longer sugar was restricted Nov 06, 2024
Trump's White House Return Poised to Tangle Healthcare Safety Net Public health insurance programs likely to be scaled back Nov 06, 2024
What Trump Has Proposed for Healthcare in a Second Administration A look at Trump's history and ideas floated on the campaign trail Nov 06, 2024
Increased Mortality Risk Among Socially Isolated Older Adults With COPD Social isolation may lead to fewer resources for managing the condition Nov 04, 2024
Alzheimer's Diagnosis Takes More Than Biomarkers, Working Group Says Competing definition that includes cognitive symptoms proposed Nov 04, 2024
Doc Groups Blast 2.8% Cut in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule But extension of telehealth flexibilities and a change to primary care payment draw praise Nov 04, 2024
How the Election Results Could Affect Healthcare in the U.S. Anand Parekh breaks down the possible futures for abortion rights, EMTALA, and Obamacare Nov 04, 2024 video
Alzheimer's Progression May Be Slowed by Targeted Magnetic Pulses, Study Suggests In phase II trial, transcranial stimulation led to significant differences versus placebo Nov 03, 2024
Oral Health, Frailty, and Death; Helping Patients With Prescription Drug Prices Also in TTHealthWatch: fans and core body temperature Nov 02, 2024 podcast
What Will CDC, FDA, and CMS Look Like After the Election? We talked to healthcare experts to get their predictions for a Trump or Harris administration Nov 01, 2024
Omega-3 Supplements Show Benefit in APOE4 Carriers Trial finds DHA can penetrate the brain before dementia onset Nov 01, 2024
RFK Jr. Wants Access to Federal Data to Show Vaccines Are Unsafe, Trump Advisor Says Goal is to get vaccines pulled from the market, according to Trump transition leader Nov 01, 2024
Resistance Training Falls Short in Severe Hip Arthritis Trial finds conservative approach inferior to joint replacement Oct 31, 2024
Tricuspid Valve Replacement Finds Surer Footing With TRISCEND II's 1-Year Report Evoque device helped outcomes in severe tricuspid regurgitation, with some safety caveats Oct 31, 2024
Backers of Prior Authorization Bill Hopeful for Passage by End of the Year The bill's cost estimate has dropped from $16 billion to $0, greatly hiking chances of passage Oct 30, 2024
Leukemia Drug Shows Promise in Dementia With Lewy Bodies Cognitive outcomes, biomarkers improved with nilotinib in phase II trial Oct 30, 2024
IG Live November 1: Healthcare Is on the Ballot Public health and access to care are at stake in the 2024 election Oct 30, 2024
House Members Introduce Bill to Reverse Pending Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Cut Measure includes a 1.8% pay increase for clinicians Oct 29, 2024
Brain Edema Risk May Be Lower With Modified Donanemab Dosing Different regimen showed comparable pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic results Oct 29, 2024
AirPods' Hearing Aid Feature Could Help People Face a Problem They'd Rather Ignore Apple's new feature can boost voices, media, and phone calls, and maybe lessen stigma Oct 29, 2024
Surprising Mediator Links Poverty and Knee Pain Study: It's not deprivation per se, but intervening factors that go with it Oct 29, 2024
No Kidney Benefit With Finerenone in Heart Failure Patients Anti-mineralocorticoid agent reduced albuminuria, but not eGFR-based kidney outcome Oct 28, 2024
A Look at the Supreme Court's Upcoming Term Public health is on the chopping block once again Oct 28, 2024
Study: Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program Not a Danger to COPD Oxygen Users Prices went down but reductions in new oxygen prescriptions and discontinuations were minimal Oct 28, 2024
Major Win for Preemptive TAVR in Symptomless Aortic Stenosis Larger pool of TAVR candidates suggested by EARLY TAVR trial results Oct 28, 2024
Going Beyond Hearing Aids for Equal Care Access Hearing loss is only becoming more prevalent Oct 27, 2024
Metformin and Congenital Abnormalities; Deprescribing in Patients With Dementia Also in TTHealthWatch: best medications for opioid use disorder Oct 26, 2024 podcast
Stroke Survivors With Afib Could Start DOACs Earlier Safety shown with no difference in recurrent strokes Oct 25, 2024
