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CPT updates for 2024 include new RSV vaccines, Spanish translation
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- Kerry Dooley Young
New CPT codes aim to streamline COVID-19 immunizations reporting.
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FDA to step up oversight of cosmetics, assess ‘forever chemicals’
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- Kerry Dooley Young
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
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- Kerry Dooley Young
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
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- Kerry Dooley Young
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
- Author:
- Kerry Dooley Young
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
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- Kerry Dooley Young
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?
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- Kerry Dooley Young
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
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- Kerry Dooley Young
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
- Author:
- Kerry Dooley Young
“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
- Author:
- Kerry Dooley Young
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
- Author:
- Kerry Dooley Young
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
- Author:
- Kerry Dooley Young
“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
- Author:
- Kerry Dooley Young
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
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- Kerry Dooley Young
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?
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- Kerry Dooley Young
Screening colonoscopies ultimately could be largely phased out in the years ahead in favor of highly sensitive noninvasive tests, if the blood...