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The Great Divergence: Unveiling Hospital-Physician Payment Disparities in Medicare Surgery (2019-2023)

By MedXY 08/19/2026

Analysis reveals growing Medicare payment disparities between hospitals and physicians for general surgery procedures from 2019 to 2023, highlighting urgent policy needs for alignment to sustain equitable surgical care delivery.

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Growing Financial Challenges in Inpatient Neurologic Care: A Decade of Medicare Trends, 2013-2023

By MedXY 08/16/2026

From 2013 to 2023, Medicare charges for inpatient neurologic care rose sharply while reimbursement increases lagged, widening payment gaps despite declining hospitalization volumes and highlighting systemic financial misalignments.

Clinical Updates news Public Health

Telemedicine Critical Care Billing Among Hospitalized Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries: Trends, Determinants, and Implications from 2018 to 2024

By MedXY 08/10/2026

This review synthesizes evidence on the adoption and billing practices of telemedicine critical care for Medicare beneficiaries from 2018 to 2024, highlighting pandemic-driven shifts, provider and hospital characteristics influencing utilization, and the need for further evaluation of clinical and economic outcomes.

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Correlation Between Physicians’ Clinical Knowledge and Reduction of Low-Value Services in Older Adults

By MedXY 07/21/2026

Patients whose physicians demonstrate higher clinical knowledge are less likely to receive low-value healthcare services, reducing unnecessary medical spending and optimizing care quality in elderly Medicare beneficiaries.

Cardiology news Public Health

Sex-Based Patterns and Trends in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

By MedXY 06/10/2026

A nationwide Medicare study found that women made up a declining share of TAVI patients, had more periprocedural complications, but slightly better long-term survival than men. The findings support sex-specific planning and follow-up in aortic valve care.

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The Oncology Care Model and Starting Systemic Therapy for Cancer

By MedXY 06/10/2026

A Medicare-based study found the Oncology Care Model did not increase systemic therapy starts for newly diagnosed cancer and was linked to less treatment initiation and lower spending in poor-prognosis cancer.

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Long-Term Wildfire Smoke PM2.5 Exposure Is Linked to Higher Incident Stroke Risk in Older US Adults

By MedXY 06/05/2026

In a nationwide Medicare cohort, chronic wildfire smoke PM2.5 exposure was associated with a modest but significant increase in incident stroke, with stronger effects over longer exposure windows.

Internal Medicine news Public Health

Telemedicine After the Pandemic: Who Benefits, What Changed, and What Comes Next

By MedXY 05/18/2026

Telemedicine is no longer an emergency workaround. New policy guidance shows how virtual care can improve access, but only if payment, safety, equity, and prescribing rules evolve carefully.

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Sex-Based Patterns and Trends in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

By MedXY 05/10/2026

A 10-year Medicare study reveals women face higher immediate risks during TAVI procedures but demonstrate better long-term survival than men, despite declining representation in treatment.

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Medicare’s Oncology Care Model Did Not Increase Systemic Therapy Starts and Was Linked to Lower Use in Poor-Prognosis Cancer

By MedXY 05/05/2026

A matched difference-in-differences study found that the Oncology Care Model did not increase systemic therapy initiation overall and was associated with lower treatment initiation and lower spending in poor-prognosis cancers.

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ATTR-CM Is Often Diagnosed Years After Heart Failure in Medicare Patients

By MedXY 04/30/2026

In Medicare beneficiaries, ATTR-CM was diagnosed a median 494 days after heart failure and 840 days after loop diuretic initiation, with delays more common in women and patients with several common comorbidities.

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Maryland’s Global Budget Revenue Model Was Linked to Better Cancer Surgery Outcomes and Lower Medicare Spending

By MedXY 04/20/2026

In a large Medicare study, hospitals under Maryland’s global budget model showed modest but significant improvements in cancer surgery outcomes, driven by fewer complications and shorter stays, with lower inpatient spending.

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Money Talks: How Pharmaceutical Industry Payments Influence MS Doctors to Prescribe Costlier Brand-Name Drugs Over Generics

By MedXY 04/08/2026

A new study reveals that neurologists receiving $1,000 or more from drug manufacturers were over 4 times more likely to prescribe expensive brand-name MS medications when generics were available, driving up costs for patients and the healthcare system.

Cardiology General Surgery news

Volume Matters: New Study Defines Minimum Annual Caseload for Safer Fenestrated and Branched Aortic Repair

By MedXY 04/02/2026

Researchers identify critical hospital and surgeon volume thresholds for fenestrated/branched endovascular aortic repair (F/BEVAR). Patients treated at low-volume centers face up to 51% higher 30-day mortality, with inflection points at 9 hospital cases and 7 surgeon cases annually.

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Rethinking First-Line Anticoagulation in Older Adults: Real-World Evidence Challenges Conventional AFib Management

By MedXY 01/07/2026

A large-scale study of 144,969 Medicare beneficiaries reveals that initial anticoagulant prescriptions for atrial fibrillation may not reduce ischemic stroke risk in patients over 66, while significantly increasing major bleeding hazards, suggesting a need for more nuanced, individualized clinical decision-making.

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Clinical Benefit—not Billing Margin—Drives Oncologists’ Treatment Choices in Medicare Cohort

By MedXY 11/22/2025

In a population-based Medicare cohort, oncologists preferentially selected higher-clinical-benefit cancer treatments; provider billing margin was not associated with treatment choice, suggesting price or payment reforms that change margins may not meaningfully alter treatment patterns.