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Mammography CPT Codes: Everything You Need to Know

Etactics

Medicaid, Medicare, and all other healthcare programs accept and function under this universally accepted medical vocabulary. Category III CPT codes are temporary tracking codes used for new medical technologies and procedures. Breast cancer accounts for 30% of all new female cancer diagnoses each year.

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Protecting the Consumer at the Heart of DTC Precision Medicine

Bill Of Health

The HIPAA Problem The privatization of next-generation medical technologies, especially in regenerative and precision medicine, further muddies the data-protection waters. In the context of health, let alone highly sophisticated cell signaling and microenvironment data, the web gets even more tangled.

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Newsletter, October 2022

Patient Safety Movement

NEW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE NURSING HOME SAFETY The White House has just announced a plan to improve the safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes, aimed to protect seniors from an industry known for its lack of accountability.