Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Very Brief Blog: AMA Confirms New Alzheimer CPT Codes

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At the February 2024 CPT meeting, AMA considered several CPT codes for neurologic disease.  Three out of four passed.   These are CPT codes ...
Monday, March 4, 2024

Nerd Note: Medicare Law Remarks on Costs of Quality Measures, CPT Codes

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Header.  Congress renews funding for a quality measures institute.  From that springboard, we discuss pricing and cost policy for both quali...
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Literary Note: Dr Abraham Verghese Discusses Life, Career

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HEADER: I rarely mention literatry events but here is one.  Dr. Abraham Verghese, clinician and novelist, in a 45 minute interview on C-Span...
Saturday, March 2, 2024

NOTEWORTHY: FDA Sends Final LDT Rule to White House

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Header: FDA Sends Finalized LDT Rule to White House OMB/OIRA ## Moving at a fast pace, FDA has finalized its review of comments on the LDT r...
Friday, March 1, 2024

SCISPACE: An AI tool for biomedical paper research

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Like SCITE, "SCISPACE" is a sort of PubMed on AI steroids.  You'll get AI-driven bells and whistles, compared to a plain-jane ...

Webinar March 7; Telehealth, Genetics, Precision Medicine. Now with e-Summary of Deck.

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 See a webinar on March 7, 2024, sponsored by the California Telehealth Resource Center: "Success and Sustainability: Digitally-provide...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

CMS Update Notice - MolDx Updates a Major Transplant Article, CMS Highlights in New Press Release

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 I've had a number of questions about the  February 22 WSJ Op Ed  about Medicare and CareDx, and I've been putting together notes fo...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Brief Blog: CareDx and Medicare; 4Q2023 10-K Cites "Medicare" 215 Times. CMS Updates Press Release.

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I've had a number of questions about the February 22 WSJ Op Ed about Medicare and CareDx, and I've been putting together notes for ...

Nerd Note: AMA Explains "Image Bundling"

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Coding in AMA CPT may include optional language, such as "Sequencing, including duplication-deletion analysis if performed." One ...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Very Brief Blog: Natera Wins MolDx Coverage for MRD in Neoadjuvant Breast Cancer and in Ovarian Cancer

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Header:  Natera, which provides the bespoke (patient-tailored) Signtera test for minimal residual disease, wins MolDx coverage for breast an...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Journal Club: Peabody's 2021 Paper on Success and Failure in Diagnostic Startups

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Header :  John Peabody founded the medical consultancy QURE.  In 2021, they published a paper on diagnostic startups, successes and failures...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

AMA Posts Lab Test Agenda for May 2024 CPT Meeting

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Header:  Months ahead of each CPT meeting, AMA publishes for comment the lab test agenda. ## Months ahead of each CPT meeting, and before ot...

AI Corner: SCITE, A Subscription Tool for Science & Policy Writing

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Header:  SCITE is a subscription tool that supercharges your ability to instantly see and evaluate citations to an index paper.  In a few se...

Nerd Note: CMS DeepSixes the Advanced Imaging "Appropriate Use Criteria" that Congress Gave It

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Header:  The Lab Industry remembers PAMA 2014 for lab pricing law, but it also created Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Imaging.  It's...