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This cross-sectional study uses a national electronic health record–derived dataset to characterize the proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid national quality measure for emergency care access.
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Mashup Score: 1Prevalence of Medical Credit Cards by Specialty - 10 day(s) ago
This cross-sectional study assesses which medical specialties are more likely to contract with financial firms to offer medical credit cards.
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Over 180,000 medical practice locations offer medical credit cards, which may lead to financial burdens for patients due to high deferred interest rates. https://t.co/7lEM7bIUpe
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This Viewpoint discusses how increasing access to and the use of digital health technologies in clinical trials can enable clinical trials with decentralized elements that are representative of the target population.
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Viewpoint: Digital health technologies (DHTs) enable remote and continuous data collection in clinical trials, potentially improving participant recruitment, retention, and the measurement of health outcomes. https://t.co/HNA75nT0hl
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Mashup Score: 0Lifetime Health Effects and Cost-Effectiveness of Tirzepatide and Semaglutide in US Adults - 11 day(s) ago
This study compares the cost-effectiveness of 4 antiobesity medications (naltrexone-bupropion, phentermine-topiramate, semaglutide, or tirzepatide) with lifestyle modification vs lifestyle modification alone in US adults.
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Most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMAHealthForum: While tirzepatide and semaglutide offer significant long-term health benefits, this study's findings suggest that they are not cost-effective at current prices. https://t.co/bCVHXC7K13 https://t.co/yn0ZI2LI2A
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This cohort study examines volume and spending on office-based encounters billed indirectly by advanced practice clinicians in the Medicare program.
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38.9% of office-based care by advanced practice clinicians for Medicare beneficiaries is billed indirectly, and direct billing could save Medicare $270 million annually. https://t.co/Ugy4k67gMY @HNeprash
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This Viewpoint describes cost data produced by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to set diagnosis-related group relative payments, how the system used in the Swiss health care system was developed and adopted, and how a similar approach could be used in the US.
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Viewpoint: The shortcomings in Medicare's diagnosis-related group (DRG) payment system create incentives for hospitals to overprovide overvalued services and underprovide undervalued ones. https://t.co/cqHZHJEL97
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Mashup Score: 0The Potential Repercussions of Disinvestment in Health in the US - 12 day(s) ago
The first months of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of actions, many that have affected agencies directly related to health domestically and globally. Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss the contemporary threats to the health of the American public.
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Joshua Sharfstein, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea to discuss the contemporary threats to the health of the American public. https://t.co/80egpfymEn
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Mashup Score: 0The Potential Consequences of Disinvestment in Health in the US - 12 day(s) ago
The first months of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of actions that have affected a broad range of sectors. Agencies that are directly related to health have been among the first to be affected. The new administration threatened funding cuts for medical and health research…
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"How can we rethink areas where US investment can be better focused to promote health?" Read this Editorial about the potential consequences of disinvestment in health in the US. https://t.co/uOO1fYhGxS
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Mashup Score: 3Lifetime Health Effects and Cost-Effectiveness of Tirzepatide and Semaglutide in US Adults - 12 day(s) ago
This study compares the cost-effectiveness of 4 antiobesity medications (naltrexone-bupropion, phentermine-topiramate, semaglutide, or tirzepatide) with lifestyle modification vs lifestyle modification alone in US adults.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet-
Most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMAHealthForum: While tirzepatide and semaglutide offer significant long-term health benefits, this study's findings suggest that they are not cost-effective at current prices. https://t.co/BonjgqeorV https://t.co/UuAf0jlJHE
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This randomized clinical trial compares usual care to an addiction-focused consultation service in hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder.
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Most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMAInternalMed: A hospital-based addiction consultation service, START, increased initiation of medication for opioid use disorder during hospitalization and improved linkage to follow-up care after discharge. https://t.co/hPbVN2tPA2 https://t.co/4HENElqKRi
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Emergency department (ED) access failures worsened from 18.5% in 2017 to 28.7% in 2024, with particularly high failure rates among patients with mental health conditions and children with mental health diagnoses. https://t.co/UhCJIaN2Cz