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• Efficiency Adjustment Explainer | 2026 Medicare PFS Proposed Rule
  The proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) introduces a new, ongoing process described as the "efficiency adjustment." As not all codes in the Medicare PFS are revalued every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) purports that...
• Study Sheds Light on Journey From HFrEF to HFimpEF
  With the prevalence of heart failure with improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF) expected to increase as new treatments for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) become more broadly available, findings from a new study published in JACC...
• 18F-FAPI-42 PET Detects Fibroblast Activation in Myocardium in Patients With DCM
  18F-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor tracer (18F-FAPI-42) PET imaging can detect fibroblast activation in the myocardium among patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), according to a study published July 30 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
• Eagle’s Eye View: SUMMIT: A Look Into BMI, Adiposity, Tirzepitide and HFpFF
  In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the SUMMIT trial and considers how body mass index (BMI) and central adiposity affect tirzepatide outcomes for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
• What is the Relationship Between Age, Weight Gain and Neuroinflammation in Youths?
  Values of restricted normalized isotropic (RNI) scaling factor, a brain microstructural marker that may suggest neuroinflammation, were associated with age and BMI among youths with varying weight gain, with a robust association with greater increases in BMI in young girls...