bigger emphasis on preventing hospital admissions for heart failure

November 2013

You'll see a bigger emphasis on preventing hospital admissions for heart failure...partly because so much money is at stake.

More payers will institute incentives and penalties to improve care and reduce costs...and they're targeting expensive conditions first.

For example, about one million Americans are admitted for heart failure per year...and up to 20% are REadmitted within 30 days.

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Table of Contents

Cardiology bigger emphasis on preventing hospital admissions for heart failure
Diabetes Experts will debate whether gliptins (Onglyza, etc) increase cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes
Women's Health Reps will promote Brisdelle (BRIS-del) as a new nonhormonal treatment for hot flashes
Substance Use Disorder new approaches to managing alcohol dependence
Antithrombotics how to manage antiplatelet therapy in patients already taking anticoagulants
Pregnancy more questions about which cough, cold, and allergy meds to use during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Renal & Urology the best way to calculate creatinine clearance (CrCl) for dosing renally eliminated drugs
Contraceptives The new Minastrin 24 Fe and Lo Minastrin Fe (min-NASS-trin, norethindrone/ethinyl estradiol) are causing lots of confusion
Supplements whether the probiotic Cardioviva (CAR-dee-oh-VEE-vuh) lowers cholesterol
Dermatology Mirvaso (mer-VAY-soe) is a new brimonidine gel for rosacea
Pediatrics many parents exhibit signs of "fever phobia" and overuse antipyretics in their kids