Doc Groups Unhappy With 4.5% Cut in the 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule
WASHINGTON — Physician groups expressed concerns over what one group called a “substantial” decrease in Medicare fee-for-service physician payments under a final rule for 2023 issued Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes a 4.5% decrease in the conversion factor — the multiplier that Medicare […]
High PSMA Predictive of Good Response to Radioisotope Therapy in Prostate Cancer
Uptake of a transmembrane protein, which is expressed by virtually all prostate cancers, on imaging could be a viable predictive biomarker of patient response to isotope-based therapy, according to data from the phase II TheraP trial. High baseline prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) uptake on PET was predictive of a favorable response to treatment with lutetium-177 […]
Abbott Formula Plant Was ‘Unacceptably Insanitary,’ FDA Chief Tells Lawmakers
WASHINGTON — FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, expressed disgust and disappointment over the conditions at the Abbott baby formula manufacturing plant in Sturgis, Michigan, while an Abbott official apologized and vowed to ensure that the problem would not return. “There is no dispute that the facility was unacceptably insanitary” when FDA inspectors went to see […]
Hernia Surgery Went Well. Then Why Did the Patient Regret Having It?
About one in 10 patients undergoing hernia repair surgery expressed misgivings afterward, with no obvious reason, researchers found. So, what might be the unobvious reasons? That was the question Ryan Howard, MD, and colleagues at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor sought to address, though their initial attempt to pierce the mystery fell short […]