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A Biden-era update to the law would require private insurers to update their networks to ensure patients have access to mental and behavioral health services, with those services reimbursed in a manner similar to physical care.

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Headaches are a common complaint among patients presenting to the emergency department, with millions of cases documented annually in the United States. 

"These results highlight semaglutide’s early action on decreasing major cardiovascular events," one cardiologist explained.

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Leadership is not easy, but it is worth doing. According to one seasoned healthcare executive, the world needs more physicians to move into leadership positions.

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Strokes and bleeding complications are more likely when PCI patients have already undergone TAVR, according to a new analysis of ACC registry data.

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CureIS, a company that supports healthcare providers who take Medicaid and Medicare, is accusing the EHR leader of data blocking and other anti-competitive practices that violate state and federal laws. 

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The new framework offers organizations real-time, detailed assessments of how algorithms that have been implemented into workflows are impacting efficiency and outcomes. 

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More than 40 U.S. healthcare organizations are urging Congress not to make sweeping Medicaid cuts that could result in approximately 7.6 million Americans losing health insurance.

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Forest Neurotech plans to leverage products developed during this partnership to improve its brain-implantable computers.

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The new technique, audioplethysmography, can monitor a user’s heart rate and other physiological signals using headphones equipped with active noice canceling technology. It requires no additional sensors.

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A cardiologist-led think tank tracked data from more than 1 million procedures, exploring the clinical and economic impacts of implanting low-value coronary stents. 

Robert Yeh, MD, explains the details of the AGENT IDE trial clinical trial results for the Agent drug-coated balloon vs plain angioplasty for in-stent restenosis at TCT 2023. #TCT #TCT2023 #DCB

Robert Yeh, MD, detailed the importance of the pivotal AGENT IDE trial, which focused on the use of a paclitaxel-coated balloon to treat in-stent restenosis. 

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A Biden-era update to the law would require private insurers to update their networks to ensure patients have access to mental and behavioral health services, with those services reimbursed in a manner similar to physical care.

Headaches are a common complaint among patients presenting to the emergency department, with millions of cases documented annually in the United States. 

"These results highlight semaglutide’s early action on decreasing major cardiovascular events," one cardiologist explained.