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MACRA Monday: Advance care plan
Avoid a 4% penalty under MIPS by reporting that you discussed advance care planning with one patient.
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VIDEO: AF ablation boosts survival in heart failure patients
BARCELONA - Should all heart failure patients be monitored for atrial fibrillation?
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VIDEO: Intermittent furosemide during acute HFpEF favors kidneys
DALLAS – Bolus treatment cut creatinine increases by two-thirds.
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MIPS: It’s time to get started
Pick Your Pace offers a way to get started with Medicare’s new QPP and ready physicians for meaningful quality improvement, AMA President David O...
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VIDEO: What’s new in AAP’s pediatric hypertension guidelines
SAN FRANCISCO – Some of the advice is similar to the group’s last effort in 2004, but there are a few key changes.
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VIDEO: Prescription-strength ibuprofen worsens blood pressure more than other NSAIDs
BARCELONA – Celecoxib performs best in PRECISION-ABPM trial.
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VIDEO: Rivaroxaban plus aspirin cut cardiovascular events in stable patients
BARCELONA – The COMPASS trial produced “unambiguous results that should change guidelines and the management of stable coronary artery disease,”...
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VIDEO: Inflammation’s role in atherosclerosis confirmed in CANTOS
BARCELONA – Inflammation as a treatment target is definitively shown in the CANTOS trial.
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Big risk of serious falls after first episode of syncope
BARCELONA – Surprising age effects seen in this Danish national study.
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VIDEO: Cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis have decreased over decades
MADRID – Since 2000, the risk ratios for several CV events have declined.