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View article: Improving Equity in Financial Aid Policy for Students with Disabilities
Improving Equity in Financial Aid Policy for Students with Disabilities Open
Disabled college students face significant barriers to degree completion, including systemic inequities in financial aid policies. This Issue Article investigates financial aid policies that unfairly limit aid to disabled students, at time…
View article: Medicare’s New Pathway for Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies
Medicare’s New Pathway for Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies Open
This Viewpoint discusses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies pathway.
View article: The Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies Pathway—Enhancing Innovation While Establishing Patient Safeguards
The Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies Pathway—Enhancing Innovation While Establishing Patient Safeguards Open
This Viewpoint discusses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies pathway, which aims to enhance coverage of emerging technologies with supporting evidence.
View article: Value-Based Payment for Clinicians Treating Cardiovascular Disease: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
Value-Based Payment for Clinicians Treating Cardiovascular Disease: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association Open
Clinician payment is transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based payment, with reimbursement tied to health care quality and cost. However, the overarching goals of value-based payment—to improve health care quality, lower costs, or …
View article: Damage Caps and Defensive Medicine: Reexamination with Patient‐Level Data
Damage Caps and Defensive Medicine: Reexamination with Patient‐Level Data Open
View article: Damage Caps and Defensive Medicine: Reexamination with Patient‐Level Data
Damage Caps and Defensive Medicine: Reexamination with Patient‐Level Data Open
Physicians often claim that they practice “defensive medicine,” including ordering extra imaging and laboratory tests, due to fear of malpractice liability. Caps on noneconomic damages are the principal proposed remedy. Do these caps in fa…
View article: Association of Medical Liability Reform With Clinician Approach to Coronary Artery Disease Management
Association of Medical Liability Reform With Clinician Approach to Coronary Artery Disease Management Open
Physicians substantially altered their approach to coronary artery disease testing and follow-up after initial ischemic evaluations following adoption of damage caps. They performed a similar number of ischemic evaluations but conducted fe…
View article: Damage Caps and Defensive Medicine: Reexamination with Patient Level Data (Appendix)
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View article: Implications of the PEGASUS-TIMI 54 trial for US clinical practice
Implications of the PEGASUS-TIMI 54 trial for US clinical practice Open
Objectives This study aims to determine the proportion of real-world patients with myocardial infarction (MI) who would have been eligible for the PEGASUS-TIMI 54 (Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Prior Heart Attack Usi…
View article: Existing and Emerging Payment and Delivery Reforms in Cardiology
Existing and Emerging Payment and Delivery Reforms in Cardiology Open
Early payment reforms were voluntary and cardiologists' participation is variable. However, conventional fee-for-service will become less viable, and enrollment in new payment models will be unavoidable. Early participation in new payment …
View article: Caution is Needed in Designing Pharmacy Coverage
Caution is Needed in Designing Pharmacy Coverage Open