This medical test may cause cancer due to ‘unfathomable’ mistake — and it’s performed 93M times a year in the US
Researchers warn that radiation from the machines can increase cancer risk. New Medicare rules aim to make these imaging ...
Social Security, Medicare Bill Would Speed Up Benefits for Cancer Patients
Social Security and Medicare recipients could see major changes to their benefits if a new bill passes through Congress.
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Hospitals face new Medicare rules on CT scan safety
Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses of radiation that ...
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New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS ... a medical market research firm. While the cancer risk from a single CT ...
Early palliative care billing up from 2010 to 2019 for advanced cancer
For patients with distant-stage cancers, there was an increase in early palliative care (PC) billing from 2010 to 2019, but ...
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Early Use of Palliative Care for Advanced Cancers Remains Low
Researchers evaluated billing for early palliative care among Medicare beneficiaries who were newly diagnosed with 1 of 6 common distant-stage cancers.
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TNF inhibitors do not significantly impact survival in lung, prostate colorectal cancer
TNF inhibitor use demonstrates no negative impact on survival among patients recently diagnosed with colorectal, lung or ...
Shilpa Medicare shares up 2% after arm partners with Swiss-based mAbTree Biologics for cancer drug
The therapy, a fully human monoclonal antibody, targets a newly identified immune checkpoint protein that could enhance ...
Shilpa Medicare’s arm partners with Swiss-based mAbTree Biologics for novel cancer therapy
The therapy, a fully human monoclonal antibody, targets a newly identified immune checkpoint protein that could enhance ...
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Social Security, Medicare Bill Would Speed Up Benefits for Cancer Patients
The bill is an attempt to eliminate the waiting period for Social Security and Medicare coverage for patients with metastatic breast cancer. Roughly 170,000 Americans are living with metastatic ...