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EMSWorld
The National EMS Weekend of Honor is an event no one hopes to attend, but by the end of the weekend, strangers have become friends and found support in their grief.
Journal of Clinical Pathways
A study found that Medicare’s Oncology Care Model resulted in modest payment reductions but had little impact on care utilization or quality for patients undergoing chemotherapy.
First Report Managed Care
A large US cohort study found that only 3% of adults newly diagnosed with obesity underwent metabolic bariatric surgery within one year, with provider type, body mass index, sex, and other clinical factors strongly influencing access to treatment.
EMSWorld
On July 17-19, 2026, the NEMSMS and the NEMSMBR paid tribute to the 37 fallen EMS and air medical providers from 18 different states during the 2026 Weekend of Honor at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington.
Wounds
This policy update examines CMS’s proposed Medicare coverage criteria and documentation requirements for topical oxygen therapy in nonhealing diabetic foot ulcers.
Cath Lab Digest
Our Cardiac Catheterization Lab is a key part of Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend (SHMC), a leading cardiovascular and stroke center in the Pacific Northwest. SHMC sees >76,000 patients per year, coming from up to 350 miles away. We are a part of PeaceHealth, a Catholic, non-profit health system with sites in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.
EMSWorld
Members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2974 voted unanimously to authorize strike action for personnel of Essex-Windsor EMS.
Vascular Disease Management
Salt Lake City (UT) – 07/24/2026 Fluidx Medical Technology, Inc., a clinical stage medical device company advancing its portfolio of embolic technologies, announced that it recently submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the final module of its premarket approval application (PMA) for the GPX Embolic Device.
Oncology
Results from cohort 3 of the phase 1/2 ITCC-059 trial demonstrated that inotuzumab ozogamicin produced high response rates with a manageable safety profile in pediatric patients with very high-risk first relapse of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, supporting its use as a reintroduction strategy in this difficult-to-treat population.
Wounds
The CY 2027 proposed Medicare payment rules reveal a broader CMS strategy that extends beyond individual reimbursement changes. This analysis explores how updates to physician payment, skin substitute reimbursement, prior authorization, telehealth, and wound imaging collectively signal a continued shift toward lower-cost, evidence-driven wound care delivery.
Cath Lab Digest
In 2026, CRT continued a new tradition that began in 2024 — a competition focused on cases submitted by nurses and technologists, with three finalists asked to present their cases during CRT’s Nurses and Technologists session. Cath Lab Digest is proud to share the featured CRT cases in this issue.
Cath Lab Digest
Cath labs across the country are now using angiographically-based physiology systems to derive fractional flow reserve (FFR) without need for a wire or adenosine. Given the low use and perceived challenges to wire-based FFR, these systems are a welcome reality.
Cath Lab Digest
Camilo R. Gomez, MD, MBA, is a vascular, critical care, and interventional neurologist whose work helped establish interventional neurology as a field in the United States; he was also among the first physicians certified in the subspecialty after its formal recognition. Dr. Gomez popularized a new sense of urgency in stroke care through concepts such as “time is brain” and “Code Stroke,” bringing a systems-based approach familiar to interventional cardiologists into acute neurovascular treatment.
Cath Lab Digest
"I completed my interventional training at Cleveland Clinic, where I was on staff from 2014 to 2016. From 2016 to 2020, I was an assistant professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where I spearheaded and performed several advanced structural heart, coronary, and peripheral procedures. In 2020, I moved to Jacksonville, Florida, to join Baptist Heart Hospital."
First Report Managed Care
In this interview, a guest expert shares insights discussed at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting about the updated ASCO Living Guideline for multiple myeloma, including broader use of quadruplet regimens, personalized treatment approaches, access to CAR T-cell and bispecific therapies, and the evidence needed to inform future coverage and sequencing decisions.
First Report Managed Care
A federal court has temporarily blocked several key provisions of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') 2027 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace rule, setting up a high-stakes legal battle over federal authority, Marketplace oversight, and future access to ACA coverage.
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
The SXS-CTO trial was designed to compare the incidence of stent malapposition between self-expanding drug-eluting stents (DES) (STENTYS Xposition S [STENTYS S.A]) and balloon-expandable DES in patients undergoing chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network
Investigators evaluated dietary patterns among more than 124,000 adults across 21 countries and found that higher consumption of ultraprocessed grains was associated with a significantly increased risk of developing Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.
Rheumatology & Arthritis
Key Clinical Summary
A multicenter Italian real-world study of 868 patients with psoriatic arthritis found durable long-term retention of interleukin-17 (IL-17) inhibitors, with overall retention of 77.5% at 12 months and 52.1% at 36 months.
Drug persistence did not differ significantly between IL-17 inhibitor-naïve and IL-17 inhibitor-experienced patients, supporting IL-17 inhibitor cycling after prior exposure.
Rheumatology & Arthritis
Key Clinical Summary
A longitudinal cohort study published in Rheumatology found radiographic damage repair in 29.7% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who developed structural joint damage during 7,189.5 person-years of follow-up.
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