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November is Diabetes Awareness Month and Nov. 14 is World Diabetes Day — a time when communities across the globe rally to bring attention to diabetes. Collaboration to raise awareness is imperative as diabetes affects approximately 425 million adults worldwide and is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United States. Use […]
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USPSTF drafts new HCV screening recommendations. New recommendations aim to curb the growing number of individuals infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). To address this public health dilemma, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a draft recommendation statement on screening for HCV infection in adolescents and adults and now suggests that all […]
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New proposals address the need for novel ways to fight the opioid epidemic plaguing the United States. On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that includes suggestions for updating payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). CMS’s […]
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Between 1994 and 2014, approximately 165,000 people overdosed on opioid pain medication in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic,” the CDC says. Obama Promises Government Intervention In what will probably be one of his last grand […]
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