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2023 MIPS Final Score Preview Now Open
On June 28, 2024, CMS announced the opening of its 2023 MIPS Final Score Preview period, during which clinicians will have the opportunity to preview…
July 1, 2024
Advocacy in Action
2024 MIPS Exception Application Now Available
CMS recently released its 2024 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable (EUC) Circumstances exception application.
June 3, 2024
Advocacy in Action
HRS Continues Active Participation in AMA RUC Activities
The American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) has been a key stakeholder in maintaining and updating the relative value units…
June 3, 2024
Advocacy in Action
Ways and Means Holds Hearing on Challenges Facing Independent Medicine
The U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on May 23rd titled “The Collapse of Private Practice: Examining…
June 3, 2024
Advocacy in Action
Senate Finance Releases Bipartisan Physician Payment Reform, Workforce Proposals
Senate Committee on Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released a paper in May outlining policy options to reform the…
June 3, 2024
Press Releases
Heart Rhythm 2024 Spotlights New Developments in Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices and Other Treatments
The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) announced new findings around several clinical trials showcasing recent advancements in cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) technology and pharmacotherapy that…
May 19, 2024
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Clinical Trial Shows Early CRT Improves Cardiac Function in Patients with Mild to Moderate Heart Failure, Slowing Disease Progression
BOSTON, MA – This physician-initiated prospective, randomized clinical trial sponsored by The…
May 19, 2024
Press Releases
Heart Rhythm 2024 Features Recent Developments and Future Directions in Pulsed Field Ablation
The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) announced the findings of three new studies demonstrating the safety and efficacy of pulsed field ablation (PFA), a non-thermal ablation…
May 18, 2024
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Mediterranean Diet Coupled with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Reduces Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Post-Ablation
A new clinical trial found that patients with previous paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) who follow a Mediterranean diet enriched with extra-virgin olive oil after a…
May 18, 2024
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Clinical Trial Finds Artificial Intelligence-Guided Procedure for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Superior to Current Standard of Care
A transatlantic clinical trial, TAILORED-AF, compared an artificial intelligence (AI) software-guided (Volta AF-Xplorer™) ablation procedure in combination with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) to conventional ablation…
May 18, 2024