AARP: Retail drug prices rising faster than inflation
Retail prices for medications used most commonly by Medicare patients rose almost 10% in 2013 – more than six times faster than the rate of inflation, according to an analysis by the AARP Public... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
CMS extends EHR hardship exemption deadline to July 1
Physicians and hospitals seeking a hardship exemption for not being able to meet meaningful use requirements in 2015 will have more time to file their application.
Applications for both groups are... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Expert counsel: Selling a practice during a government investigation
AUSTIN,TEX. – There a lot of tough questions to answer when selling a medical practice during a government investigation, according to Morristown, N.J.–based health law attorney Glenn P. Prives.... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
HHS to doctors: We hear your health IT woes
LAS VEGAS – Federal officials have spent months listening to doctors’ complaints about their frustrating EHRs and are responding with a core group of changes to simplify and standardize health... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Supreme Court: Self-funded insurer does not have to share data
A self-funded insurer does not have to share health data with a state’s all-payer database, according to a March 1 U.S. Supreme Court decision that could affect information-sharing reforms... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Feds: Major EHR companies will remove interoperability roadblocks
LAS VEGAS – Health care data interoperability should get a huge boost under a public-private effort announced Feb. 29 by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell.
The... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Stronger evidence links Zika to Guillain-Barré syndrome
Serological evidence from French Polynesia links an outbreak of Zika virus to a spike in cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome seen there in 2013-2014.
The research, published online Feb. 29 in The... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
DTC genomic tests: Some patients dissatisfied with physician interpretation
Twenty-seven percent of patients who purchased direct-to-consumer personal genomic testing in a large cohort study shared their results with their primary care providers, often looking for him or her... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
ISC: Thrombectomy shown highly cost-effective for stroke
LOS ANGELES – Endovascular thrombectomy is not only clinically the best option for many patients with acute, ischemic strokes involving a proximal occlusion in a large cerebral artery; it’s also... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
VIDEO: A better way to treat large intraventricular hemorrhages
LOS ANGELES – For intraventricular hemorrhages of at least 20 mL, alteplase (Activase – Genentech) delivered directly into the clot by external ventricular drain almost doubles the odds of achieving... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
VIDEO: Intracranial warfarin bleeds smaller with prothrombin complex instead of FFP
LOS ANGELES – The international normalized ratio fell to 1.2 or less within 3 hours among 18 of 27 (67%) patients who received four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (octaplex [Octapharma]) for... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Stem cell therapy for MS: Steady progress but not ready for general use
NEW ORLEANS – Stem cell-mediated functional regeneration continues to attract interest in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). The reality, however, is daunting.
“Several types of cell-based... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 28, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Brain atrophy may be a clinically relevant measure in PPMS: Data from INFORMS
NEW ORLEANS – The recently published results of the INFORMS multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel-group study (NCT00731692) that compared the efficacy of fingolimod in slowing... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Triage MS-related ED visits to reduce unnecessary treatment
NEW ORLEANS – The majority of multiple sclerosis–related emergency department visits in a recent chart review were related to pseudoflares or MS-related complications, rather than to true MS... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
ISC: Imaging supplants clocks for targeting stroke reperfusion
LOS ANGELES – Can brain imaging surpass the clock for identifying acute ischemic stroke patients who will benefit from thrombolytic or thrombectomy treatment?
That’s what experts now envision, based... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
