Cardiology

• In the Journals Perspective

• Patients likely to discontinue CV drugs during Medicare coverage gaps

• Cardiology Today, June 2012
• Medicare Part D beneficiaries with CV conditions who had no financial assistance were found to be 57% more likely to discontinue their medication during a...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Patients likely to discontinue CV drugs during Medicare coverage gaps

• Endocrine Today, May 2012
• Medicare Part D beneficiaries with CV conditions who had no financial assistance were found to be 57% more likely to discontinue their medication during a...More »

• In the Journals

• More information urged for Medicare patients facing preference-sensitive intervention decisions

• Cardiology Today, June 2012
• Few patients who received elective coronary artery stenting were presented with options to seriously consider, whereas most prostate cancer surgery...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• New Medicare/Medicaid rule increases ICD patient costs, lengths of stay

• Cardiology Today, June 2012
• Longer lengths of stay, increased cost per case and a greater number of procedures with anesthesiologists or additional cardiologists administering...More »

• Commentary

• The value of time must be defended

• Cardiology Today, April 2012
  Stephen A. Brietzke, MD
• "Remember us — if at all — not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men..."
  Excerpt from The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot, 1925
  Fresh faces...More »

• Health Policy Perspective

• FDA considers prescription drug switch to OTC

• Cardiology Today, May 2012
• The FDA held a public hearing to obtain information and comments from the public on the feasibility of a new paradigm that would allow certain drugs for...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Many physicians unaware of link between cardiovascular events and psoriasis

• March 15, 2012
• Less than 50% of physicians — including a cohort of cardiologists — were aware that patients with psoriasis faced an increased risk for...More »

• Shared decision-making urged for clinicians, patients with advanced HF

• Cardiology Today, May 2012
• Patients with advanced HF should have ongoing conversations with their health care providers to make informed decisions about treatment options that match...More »

• Certain uncertainty in 2012

• Cardiology Today, March 2012
• In February, Congress passed a measure that included a reprieve from the disastrous 27.4% across-the-board cut in Medicare payments to physicians.
  This...More »

• In the Journals

• Patient satisfaction affects health care utilization, spending, mortality

• Cardiology Today, March 2012
• Despite the decrease observed in visits to the ED among patients satisfied with their health care use, spending and overall outcomes, patient satisfaction...More »

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