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July 22, 2024
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VIDEO: CAR T-cell therapy ‘holding up as a possible breakthrough’ in autoimmune disease

VIDEO: CAR T-cell therapy ‘holding up as a possible breakthrough’ in autoimmune disease

In this video exclusive, Leonard Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, calls out top stories in the July issue, including a cover story on chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.

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July 19, 2024
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RPA: Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cut should be mostly neutral for nephrology

RPA: Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cut should be mostly neutral for nephrology

Proposed changes released earlier this month by CMS to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2025 should have a minimal impact on payments to nephrologists, according to a summary by the Renal Physicians Association.

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June 12, 2024
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AMA adopts policy advocating for Medicaid expansion

AMA adopts policy advocating for Medicaid expansion

The AMA adopted new policies on broader Medicare and Medicaid health care coverage during its annual House of Delegates meeting.

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June 12, 2024
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Legislation aimed at health plans that push patients to Medicare gets more co-sponsors

Legislation aimed at health plans that push patients to Medicare gets more co-sponsors

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would slow efforts by commercial health plans from moving patients with end-stage kidney disease to Medicare now has 30 co-sponsors, according to a press release.

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June 10, 2024
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AMA elects president focused on patient-physician relationships

AMA elects president focused on patient-physician relationships

Physicians and medical students elected the next president of the AMA at its annual House of Delegates meeting.

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May 29, 2024
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VIDEO: Medicare physician fee schedule ‘on an untenable track’

VIDEO: Medicare physician fee schedule ‘on an untenable track’

DESTIN, Fla. — In this video exclusive, Robert W. Levin, MD, president of the Alliance for Transparent and Affordable Prescriptions, championed the American College of Rheumatology’s recent advocacy for an improved Medicare fee schedule.

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May 24, 2024
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VIDEO: Education on Medicare Advantage, other health care options ‘critically important’

VIDEO: Education on Medicare Advantage, other health care options ‘critically important’

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Getting educated on the pros and cons of Medicare Advantage may be “critically important” for patients and providers in nephrology, a speaker said, here.

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May 09, 2024
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VIDEO: Medicare reimbursement reform critical to ‘keep our doors open’ to senior patients

VIDEO: Medicare reimbursement reform critical to ‘keep our doors open’ to senior patients

Without prompt reform of Medicare reimbursement, which has failed to keep pace with the rising operation costs of rheumatology practice, rheumatologists may have no choice but to opt out of the Medicare program, noted Christina Downey, MD.

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April 29, 2024
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Optometry advocates meet with federal lawmakers to discuss policy, improve vision care

Optometry advocates meet with federal lawmakers to discuss policy, improve vision care

Earlier this month, members of the American Optometric Association and The Vision Council met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to advocate for federal policy reform and promote broad access to vison care, the organizations announced.

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April 17, 2024
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Cancer surgery reimbursements experience ‘immense’ decline over last 2 decades

Cancer surgery reimbursements experience ‘immense’ decline over last 2 decades

The Medicare reimbursement rate for 10 common breast cancer-related surgical operations failed to outpace inflation over the last 20 years, according to a presentation at American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

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