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CMS releases software that projects a unit's reimbursement for dialysis |
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CMS: This PC Pricer software allows users to enter information to predict reimbursement to a renal dialysis facility based on the type of dialysis and various patient characteristics. It contains the same payment logic used to calculate composite rate payments for type of bill 72x in the Medicare mainframe system.
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Intravenous ribose helps recovery from heart attack. A potential dialysate additive to prevent stunning? |
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AHA: Synthesizing more ATP is limited by the production of ribose, a simple sugar the cells make very slowly. The researchers provided ribose intravenously, which passed into the heart cells and speeded the recovery of both heart function and energy levels from ten days to just over two days. Moreover, in a second model giving intravenous ribose for two weeks after a heart attack in rats prevented in large part the deterioration of the rest of the heart and preserved its function.
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Carvedilol found to improve intradialytic hypertension in pilot study. |
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Internal Medicine News: Mean predialysis blood pressure was roughly the same regardless of carvedilol treatment (144 mm Hg vs. 146 mm Hg). The frequency of intradialytic hypertension declined from 77% of hemodialysis sessions at baseline to 28% by the study’s end, a significant difference. (25 patient open-label study).
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UT Southwestern, Baylor top 'best hospital' list - Bizjournals.com |
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UT Southwestern, which earned the region's top slot for the second year in a row, was ranked among the nation's top 50 hospitals in six specialties: urology, cardiology/heart surgery, diabetes/endocrinology, gynecology, nephrology and
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