Health
Medicare's 'Part B' outpatient premium to rise by $3.90
Medicare's 'Part B' monthly premium for outpatient care will go up by $3.90 next year to $148.50, officials announced late Friday afternoon.
Nov 8, 2020
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News tagged with outpatient care
Cardiology
Trial clarifies which patients with acute pulmonary embolism can be managed at home
Patients with acute pulmonary embolism can be selected for home management using the sPESI score or the Hestia criteria, according to results of the HOME-PE trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020.
Aug 31, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Increasing rates of preventable hospitalizations among adults with dementia
Older adults with dementia tend to be hospitalized more often than those without cognitive impairment. Now a team of investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has found that in recent years, increasing ...
Jul 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pandemic has half of U.S. hospitals operating at a loss: report
(HealthDay)—The COVID-19 pandemic has America's hospitals on the fiscal ropes, with many facing financial ruin without continued aid from the federal government, a new report predicts.
Jul 22, 2020
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Health
ACP: half of practices implement telehealth technology
(HealthDay)—Roughly half of internal medicine physicians report working in a practice that has telehealth technology, according to the results of a survey released by the American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual ...
Apr 16, 2019
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Cardiology
Providing follow-up care after heart attack helps reduce readmissions, deaths
A program designed to help heart attack patients with the transition from hospital to outpatient care can reduce readmissions and deaths and increase the number of patients keeping follow-up appointments, a new study suggests. ...
Feb 14, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Good prognosis for children with obesity treated in primary care
Children treated for obesity in primary or outpatient care have a relatively good chance of fending off weight problems over the next few years as well, a study published in Acta Paediatrica shows.
Nov 27, 2018
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Health
Slight increase in Medicare's outpatient 'Part B' premium
Medicare says its "Part B" premium for outpatient care will rise by just $1.50 a month next year. That means retirees should be able to keep more of their recently-announced Social Security cost-of-living increase.
Oct 12, 2018
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Health
Researcher discusses engaging high-need patients in intensive outpatient programs
Patient engagement requires creativity, trust building and flexibility from health care providers, especially when treating high-need patients, a new Stanford study says.
Aug 14, 2018
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Health
Intensive management program benefits high-risk patients
(HealthDay)—For high-risk patients, use of an intensive management program is associated with greater receipt of outpatient care with no increase in total costs, according to a study published in the June 19 issue of the ...
Jul 2, 2018
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