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CPT updates for 2024 include new RSV vaccines, Spanish translation
New CPT codes aim to streamline COVID-19 immunizations reporting.
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FDA to step up oversight of cosmetics, assess ‘forever chemicals’
The cosmetic products include makeup products, nail polishes, shaving creams, other grooming products, perfumes, face and body cleansers, hair...
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Medicare announces 10 drugs targeted for price cuts in 2026
People on Medicare may in 2026 see prices drop for 10 medicines, including pricey diabetes, cancer, blood clot, and arthritis treatments.
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Rheumatology trials seem vulnerable to unblinding: Report
In an analysis of 14 published randomized controlled clinical trials of common rheumatology drugs, most had a high estimated risk for inadvertent...
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National Practitioner Data Bank should go public, group says
Public Citizen said Congress should change federal law to let members of the public get information from the NPDB to do a background check on...
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Ontario case shows potential supplement risk for consumers
Heavy metals are sometimes intentionally added to Ayurvedic supplements for perceived healing properties.
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Are AI-powered skin-check tools on the horizon for dermatologists, PCPs?
To date, the FDA has cleared only two AI-based products to help detect skin cancer, both meant to be used by dermatologists, and only one remains...
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Rising patient costs tied to private equity ownership
The report provides “convincing evidence that incentives to put profits before patients have grown stronger with an increase in private equity...
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U.S. mammogram update sparks concern, reignites debates
“These findings suggest that health policy makers and clinicians could consider an alternative, race and ethnicity–adapted approach in which Black...
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Proposal to cap Part B pay on some drugs draws opposition
MedPAC’s recommendation on Part B add-on pay for costly drugs met strong resistance, but reactions were mixed to a plan to reduce reimbursement...
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FDA panel backs new COVID booster focusing only on variants
Panelists also raised other questions during the meeting, including concerns about moves toward tying COVID vaccinations into the model of annual...
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New USPSTF draft suggests mammography start at 40, not 50
“It is now clear that screening every other year starting at age 40 has the potential to save about 20% more lives among all women.”
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Panel backs limited new olaparib use in prostate cancer
The ODAC panel voted 11 to 1 in favor of a restricted expansion.
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New Medicare rule streamlines prior authorization in Medicare Advantage plans
About 13% of prior authorization requests that are denied by Medicare Advantage plans actually met Medicare coverage rules.
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CRC blood tests: A future without screening colonoscopies?
Screening colonoscopies ultimately could be largely phased out in the years ahead in favor of highly sensitive noninvasive tests, if the blood...