The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday, November 2 released a final rule with comment period for its Quality Payment Program (QPP), along with its 2018 physician fee schedule rule. The QPP regulation did not diverge much from the proposed rule released last June. The biggest innovation is that in 2018 the cost of care will…
African Americans live shorter lives due to heart disease and stroke American Heart Association Scientific Statement Released: Oct. 23, 2017 Statement Highlights: African Americans carry a higher burden of cardiovascular diseases compared with white Americans. Risk factors for heart disease appear earlier in African Americans than in whites. Social determinants of health, stress and cultural…
Miami’s Hip Hop Cardiologist Dr. Bernard Ashby Starts A Record Label To Fight Gun Violence “Dr. Bernard Ashby is a Miami cardiologist with the heart of a lion. He sees a battle for the lives of the youth in the city, and is promoting entrepreneurship, creative expression, and an end to senseless gun violence. He’s…
When patients with cardiac health issues face evacuation due to flooding, fire or other natural disasters, a spike in stress and anxiety levels may be only the beginning. For sudden, jarring, life-changing events—like that of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana this past week—can markedly disrupt months or years of steady treatment and control of…
Aaron Horne, Jr, MD, MBA, MHS is the senior author of an article titled, “Comparison of Frequency of Referral to Cardiothoracic Surgery for Aortic Valve Disease in Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites,” published in the current issue of American Journal of Cardiology. Mahfouz El Shahawy, MD, MS, FACP, FCCP, FESC, FSCCT, FASH,FASPC, FAHA, FACC is the lead author of a…
On July 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) and revisions to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS). Get the full story here.