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GAE could be cost-effective for knee osteoarthritis

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Medicare payer's perspective over four years, noted lead author Daniel Kwak, MD, PhD, of the University of Chicago, and colleagues. “In The authors performed sensitivity analyses, including when simulating various cost-setting scenarios (office versus hospital outpatient treatment, for instance). versus 18.4% to 29.2%.

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Thrombectomy use increasing to treat VTE

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While anticoagulant medications to prevent further clot formation is a primary treatment in nonemergency cases, the use endovascular procedures such as arterial and venous thrombectomy to treat more severe cases has become increasingly common, according to McNamara. Medicare and 46.8% fold vs. 1.8-fold). commercial).

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The state of radiology: Part 1 -- Is practice building dead?

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Using data gathered from the Medicare Provider Data Catalog for the years 2014-2023, Christensen saw an emerging trend of radiologists moving to large multispecialty practices. There are 36,024 radiologists enrolled in Medicare (Harvey L. Christensen probed radiologist migration for new affiliations after their practices ceased.