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Telemedicine payment expansion?


 

Federal officials are looking to expand the number of services that qualify for telemedicine payment. Also today, new PET imaging agent shows loss of synaptic density in Alzheimer’s brains, fecal transplantation suggests efficacy in IBS, and SGLT-2 inhibitor shows lower mortality and cardiovascular risk than DPP-4 inhibitor for type 2 diabetes. Listen to the MDedge Daily News for today’s top news.

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