Biden Moves to Lower Health Care Costs, Limit Insurance Junk Fees
White House is taking steps to close loopholes that saddle Americans with unexpected medical costs
Biden Announces Measures Aimed at Limiting Health Care Costs
Biden administration is targeting scam insurance, surprise medical bills, and third-party health credit cards
Therapeutic Value of Drugs Lower for Supplemental Versus First Indications
For first three approved indications, second and third indication approvals less likely to have high value rating
Report Estimates Costs of Birth Defect-Associated Hospitalizations
Total estimated cost of birth defect-associated hospitalizations was $22.2 billion in the United States in 2019
Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tied to Reduced Cancer Incidence, Mortality in Men
Moderate, high CRF linked to lower colon cancer incidence; low, moderate, high CRF linked to lower prostate cancer mortality
American Indian/Alaska Native Men Less Likely to Receive Prostate Screening
Data from NAMCS revealed AI/AN men were less likely to receive PSA test and/or digital rectal examination than non-Hispanic White men
Treatment Failure Down With Standard-Course Therapy in Pediatric UTI
Children receiving short-course therapy also had increased likelihood of asymptomatic bacteriuria or positive urine culture at follow-up
Compliance With CMS Price Transparency Rule Improved With Penalty Increases
$500,000 increase in penalty linked to a 2.9 percentage point increase in compliance
Lower UTI Dysfunction Often Not Thoroughly Evaluated in Neurogenic Bladder
Urodynamics used in 3.0 percent of pediatric patients with NGB; clean intermittent catheterization used in 9.3 percent
Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation Beneficial for Overactive Bladder
Improvement seen in overactive bladder symptoms of urinary urgency, nocturia, incontinence, and frequency after 12 weeks of PTNS
