Posts Tagged ‘Medicare’
Health payers–including Medicare and Point32Health–to question Aduhelm pricing and its “reasonable and necessary” use
State’s Second-Largest Health Insurer Slams Biogen For Costly Alzheimer’s Drug (The Boston Globe): The state’s second-biggest health insurer is threatening to limit or not cover Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug, accusing the Cambridge biotech of putting “excessive corporate profits” ahead of patients by charging $56,000 a year for the controversial treatment. Michael Sherman, chief medical officer…
Read MoreTo screen, or not to screen (for dementia), that is still the question
A leading group of medical experts on Tuesday declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a debate that has simmered for years. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said it could neither recommend nor oppose cognitive screening, citing insufficient scientific evidence of the practice’s benefits and harms and calling for further studies. The task…
Read MoreStudy: Hearing aids may help older adults delay dementia, depression, anxiety, and falls
___ Hearing Aids Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia, Depression and Falls, Study Finds (Michigan Health Lab): “Older adults who get a hearing aid for a newly diagnosed hearing loss have a lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia, depression or anxiety in the following three years, and a lower risk of suffering fall-related injuries,…
Read MoreSeptember 17th @ UC Berkeley: Disrupting neurodegenerative diseases
__________ Quick heads-up about a great event next month for those based in the San Francisco Bay Area. When: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 / 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM PDT Where: Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley What: 2019 UC Berkeley Aging Research & Technology Summit: Disrupting Neurodegenerative Diseases Alzheimer’s and neurodegenerative diseases are
Read MoreNext: FDA-cleared mobile brain monitoring tools to detect cognitive impairment
___________ FDA Has Cleared New Cognitive Screening Tests (Alzforum): “The Food and Drug Administration recently cleared, meaning it deemed safe, two tests that may help doctors screen for cognitive decline. One is the so-called Cognision system from Neuronetrix, a company based in
Read MoreBrain health center closes after Medicare challenges its medical claims and treatments
. New Brain Center Closes Amid Medicare Dispute (Bethesda Magazine): “NeurExpand Brain Center, the brain fitness and development center that opened in August in Friendship Heights, abruptly closed this month amid a dispute with Medicare. Neurologist Majid Fotuhi, NeurExpand’s founder, said that Medicare reviewed the practice’s clinical program and
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