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Cardiovascular risk management of patients with depression in Dutch general practices [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

In the Netherlands GPs are also responsible for cardiovascular risk management (CVRM), for which a guideline is made. Objective: To investigate whether the cardiovascular risk management of Dutch GPs differs in patients with and without depression. Outcome Measures: Registration of cardiovascular risk management.

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An Additional Physician from Leading Sarasota Cardiology Practice to Now Offer the Hybrid Choice™ Concierge Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

The physician continues to accept insurance and government programs, as before. “Managing heart health often requires a level of trust between a doctor and patient, something can take time to build. About Evan Caruso, MD, FACC Dr. Evan Caruso obtained his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2015.

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Sex-Based Differences in Perceived Physician Communication

Physician's Weekly

These outcomes were adjusted for variables including age, race, ethnicity, income, health insurance, educational status, and coexisting medical conditions. These included how well physicians demonstrated respect, listened to individuals, explained information, and spent enough time with them.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. Maybe we’ll get to talking about that today. Jessie, welcome back to GeriPal. Should they?

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I didn’t know how to manage it. I think the big one for me, it was in 2015. 2015, 2016. And I was terrified.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 2)

FDA Law

PART 1: MAXIMUM FAIR PRICE PAYMENT LIMITATION UNDER MEDICARE PARTS B AND D AND THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE MARKET. Under all of these programs, patient co-insurance would be calculated based on the MFP so that patients receive the benefit of that price. The four parts of Subtitle E are summarized in turn below. 8126 with a lower MFP.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

AHRQ research and guidelines played a key role in lowering the incidence of hospital-acquired infections — such as deadly blood infections caused by contaminated IV lines, which fell 28% from 2015 to 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Schiff was offered the option of removing the LGBTQ reference but refused.