Medicare: National Coverage Determinations Are Generally Timely, but Improvements Are Needed
为什么这至关重要的是Medicare& Medicaid Services(CMS)对6800万Medicare受益人的医疗项目和服务进行授予,限制或排除保险范围。 CMS遵循基于证据的过程,以确定项目是否合理且对于预防,诊断或治疗疾病或其他状况。 CMS审查请求并确定分析以进行覆盖范围确定。从2012年10月到2025年2月,CMS符合了9或12个月的指定时间范围,其中83%(44个53)的分析确定了。我们发现该机构在不符合指定的时间范围时系统地确定了延迟的原因。 Doing so would allow CMS to better monitor its performance a
Blocking IL-23 May Keep HPV From Helping Cancer Grow
The most common cancer-causing strain of human papillomavirus, HPV16, can reprogram immune cells surrounding the tumor to help cancer grow, and new work in mice blocking this process helped treatments prevent the spread of cancer.HPV is common in humans and in most cases clears naturally but HPV16 i