SAN DIEGO — Frail elderly patients face a significantly increased risk of mortality in the year after undergoing major elective noncardiac surgery, a large study from Canada showed.
Every medical professional will experience a 6% reduction in Medicare payments if they fail to submit the required amount of quality data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in 2016. In 2015, only physicians working in groups with 10...
Researchers who administered the FRONTIER Executive Screen (FES) — a brief bedside questionnaire designed to assess verbal fluency, inhibitory control, and working memory — were able to distinguish patients with behavioral-variant frontotemporal...
According to a pair of studies published online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, statins — a class of drugs widely utilized by older adults to reduce cholesterol — may have the unintended consequence of reducing immunotherapeutic response to...
Lawmakers acted to limit an increase in Medicare Part B premiums as part of the budget deal negotiated between outgoing House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the White House, and approved by the House on Oct. 28.
Officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have issued the final 2016 fee schedule for physicians, making modifications to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and loosening requirements for its controversial two-midnight...
A convergence of federal guidance and policies aimed at promoting and eventually requiring antibiotic stewardship across health care settings — as well as actions by states, professional groups, and health systems — is sending a clear message to...
We live and work in the realm of evidence-based medicine. There is more research, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), meta-analyses, systematic reviews, guidelines, and position statements than anyone can possibly read. But geriatricians know,...
