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Obeticholic Acid Tablets (Ocaliva)
Obeticholic acid provides an FDA-approved treatment option for patients who have not responded adequately to or are unable to tolerate ursodeoxycholic acid.
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Combination of Simvastatin Plus Vitamin D Offers New Hope for Migraine Prevention
Recent study shows the combination of simvastatin plus vitamin D3 is effective in the prevention of headaches in adults with episodic migraine.
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Preventing 90% of Stroke with 10 Modifiable Risk Factors
Controlling 10 modifiable risk factors would prevent 90.7% of strokes, according to results from a 32-country study.
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Reducing Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults Through Blood Pressure Control
Among ambulatory adults ≥ 75 years of age, treating to a systolic blood pressure (SBP) target of < 120 mmHg compared with an SBP target of < 140 mmHg resulted in a significantly lower rate of fatal and nonfatal major cardiovascular events and death from any cause.
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CMS Announces Regions, Application Period for Comprehensive Primary Care Plus
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is preparing to launch its new primary care payment model.
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Re-Engineering Your Case Management Department: It’s Simple, It’s Just Not Easy, Part 2
This month, we will review the elements to be considered when re-engineering an acute care case management model or department.
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CMS Launches Oncology Care Bundled Payment Program
Nearly 200 physician groups and 17 payers are participating in the CMS Oncology Care Model aimed at lowering the cost of cancer care by giving physicians financial and performance accountability for episodes of care involving administration of chemotherapy.
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Health System Takes Part in Bundled Payments to Learn for the Future
When CMS announced the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, Sentara Healthcare chose to participate in a big way and now has implemented bundled payments across 12 hospitals, covering 180-plus DRGs.
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BPCI Initiative Cuts Readmissions, Costs for Patients Having Cardiac Valve Surgery
After Vanderbilt University Medical Center began a bundled payment project for patients who had cardiac valve replacement or valve repair surgery, readmissions for those patients dropped by 20% and the cost of care decreased at the same time.
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Provider Partnerships Must go Beyond Collaboration, Include Data Sharing
The significant role that post-acute care plays in bundled payments makes it crucial for hospitals to identify providers that perform the best and enter into agreements with them to establish a high-performing post-acute network