Study Sees Medicare Savings From Drug-Coated Stents
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Depending on whose interpretation of a new study one wants to believe, Medicare may â or may not â have saved money since the introduction of the stents in 2003.
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U.S. Medicare officials proposed expanding coverage of carotid artery stenting procedures to prevent strokes, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
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Patients given drug-coated stents after an acute heart attack are nearly five times more likely to die six months to two years later than those with bare metal forms of the arterial scaffolding, research showed on Tuesday.
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Medicare will soon fund implantable  heart devices for thousands more patients, after publication of  a landmark study finding the devices can save more lives, top  agency officials said in a medical journal on Wednesday.
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Less-costly versions of implanted  heart devices represent a good value for most patients who need  them, according to a cost analysis study presented on  Wednesday.
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A new study confirms that the drug benefit being added to Medicare will provide significant help to elderly people with low incomes or very high drug costs.
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The figure, which provides the first glimpse of the true cost of the Medicare drug benefit, could touch off a political uproar.
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Meta-analysis finds J&J's stents are safer than Boston Scientific's stents -- maybe.
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Drug-coated heart stents might not increase the risk of blood clots as much as previously thought, according to research presented Sunday at a meeting of cardiologists.
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MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- One part of the new Medicare drug plan passed by Congress earlier this year could live up to its advance clippings and save people a lot of money. But some people could end up spending more than &#36;750 out-of-pocket even after they participate in the program.
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Medicare said it will soon fund implantable heart devices for thousands more patients, after publication of a landmark study finding the devices can save more lives, top agency officials said in a medical journal on Wednesday.
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Drug-coated heart stents may not increase the risk of blood clots as much as previously thought, according to research presented Sunday at a meeting of cardiologists.
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Most patients with drug-coated stents face an increased risk of heart attacks and death, but it's unclear whether their already poor health or the devices are to blame, federal health advisers said Friday.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Drug-coated stents increase the risk of potentially fatal blood clots and heart attacks in some patients, but not enough to warrant limiting use of the devices, federal advisers said yesterday .
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After some initial success containing drug prices, private insurers in the new Medicare prescription drug program may be losing their leverage over drug manufacturers as they try to hold down medicine costs for seniors and the federal government, House investigators have found.
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Drug-coated stents -- tiny wire-mesh tubes used to prop open clogged heart arteries -- may not be as dangerous as earlier thought, Swedish researchers who had raised concerns over the devices said on Sunday.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be.    One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if injecting certain drugs directly into diseased arteries works better than commonly used stents in keeping arteries clear...