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21 Medicare health plans warned to fix provider directory errors
Federal officials this month warned 21 Medicare Advantage insurers with high rates of errors in their online network directories that they could...
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Ultrashort course antibiotics may be enough in stable VAP
Ultrashort antibiotic courses yielded outcomes that were similar to those with longer courses in patients with suspected ventilator-associated...
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Risk tool bests CDC criteria for initiating PrEP
A risk-assessment tool that incorporates behavioral data is more specific than are CDC criteria for initiating PrEP and would allow more targeted...
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Repeal and replace: House bills offer potential road maps
As Republicans dig in to make good on their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, hints at what an eventual replacement may look like can be...
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Dr. Price light on ACA replacement details at Senate hearing
Politically prudent answers dominated the courtesy hearing before the Senate HELP committee.
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VA MRSA Prevention Initiative reports continued health care–associated infection declines
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs MRSA Prevention Initiative has issued a new report detailing continued declines in MRSA health care–...
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Prominent clinical guidelines fall short of conflict of interest standards
Two recent clinical practice guidelines – one for cholesterol management and another for treatment of chronic hepatitis C – did not meet the...
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Two-thirds of patient advocacy groups receive industry funding
About two-thirds of patient advocacy organizations report receiving funds from for-profit firms, including pharmaceutical, device and...
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SOFA score may be best to identify sepsis in the ICU
Among critically ill patients admitted to the ICU with a suspected infection, defining sepsis by an increase of two or more points in the...
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Endoscope reprocessing guidelines are an improvement
While the 2016 Multi-Society Task Force Endoscope Reprocessing Guidelines are an improvement over the 2011 guidelines, some of its minor changes...
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Senate, House take first step toward repealing ACA
With a Jan. 12 early morning procedural passed on party lines, the Senate has set the stage for the repeal of the revenue aspects of the...