http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis--the narrowing of the carotid artery--is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical outcomes, including heart attack and stroke, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news176809244.html Medicine & Health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:43:21 EST news176809244 In light of health care reform measures, Rush University Medical Center has launched a study of its program to help older adults transition from hospital to home. http://www.physorg.com/news167990847.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:10:02 EST news167990847 Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than what the same beneficiaries would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, according to a new report released today by The Commonwealth Fund. This new analysis, The Continuing Costs of Privatization: Extra Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans Jump to $11.4 Billion in 2009, estimates that since MA was enacted in 2004, $43 billion in extra payments have been made. http://www.physorg.com/news160635927.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 06:05:57 EST news160635927 Beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part D who reached a gap in health care coverage known as the "doughnut hole" were much less likely to use prescription drugs than those with an employer-based plan, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study. http://www.physorg.com/news152857946.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:32:57 EST news152857946 A study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows that Medicare beneficiaries' understanding of their healthcare benefits may affect their ability to access needed care effectively and could lead them to the delay or avoid seeking care. http://www.physorg.com/news146242366.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:52:46 EST news146242366 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a large group of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, depression was associated with a higher death rate from all causes during a two-year study period. The findings are published in the October 2008 Journal of General Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news142008785.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:53:05 EST news142008785