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Combination testing also tied to fewer referrals for further diagnostics
Financial rewards increase participation in guideline-recommended programs
Combination testing also tied to fewer referrals for further diagnostics
Financial rewards increase participation in guideline-recommended programs
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Concern centers around provision allowing audiologists to perform "health screenings"
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But definitive proof on timing of procedures still lacking
Transplants of this nature normally aren't an option for people with active cancer
Smaller releases of troponin, CK-MB still associated with periprocedural heart injury
