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Telemed Group Seeks Medicare Participation Changes for Hospitals
The American Telemedicine Association, Washington, is urging the CMS to revise Medicare's conditions of participation largely to better accommodate the use of telemedicine in hospitals.
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Source: Modernhealthcare.com
In a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, the CMS' acting administrator, the association suggests four changes regarding emergency care, stroke care, critical and intensive care and readmission. The ATA recommends specifically that the participation conditions be amended to allow for video conferencing in emergency care and in stroke care. Such changes could help facilities "significantly lift the burden of maintaining on-site staffing on a continuous basis," according to the letter.
Personalized Care Key as Tirzepatide Use Expands Rapidly
April 15th 2025Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both glucose-lowering and weight-lowering medications, comparing outcomes between adults with and without type 2 diabetes.
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FDA Greenlights Dupilumab for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria, Marking First Approval in a Decade
April 18th 2025Marking the first approval in over a decade for this challenging condition, the FDA has approved dupilumab (Dupixent) to treat chronic spontaneous urticaria in patients 12 years and older whose hives and itching remain uncontrolled by antihistamines.
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