Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Dying in the year after surviving: a perspective on elevated all-cause mortality among opioid overdose survivors

It has been reported that opioid overdose survivors who had a prior non-fatal opioid overdose have a substantially elevated one-year all-cause mortality compared to first-time overdose survivors. The objective of this Perspective was to construct a framework for assessing the obs...

Commercial Payors More Likely to Reimburse Unlisted Hip Arthroscopy Procedures Compared With Managed Care but With Similar Overall Dollar Amount

Purpose To compare the reimbursement practices of public managed care (MC) insurance versus private commercial insurance (COM) for hip arthroscopy using the current procedural terminology (CPT) code 29999. Methods The CPT codes and corresponding reimbursements of hip arthroscopie...

Preoperative Risk Factors for Opioid Use Predict Self‐Reported Health and Function Up to 6 Months After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Purpose To identify risk factors that predict the need for rescue opioid use and patient‐reported outcomes following an opioid‐limiting postoperative analgesia protocol after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Methods This prospective cohort study recruited 44 patients un...

Clinical Validation of a Point-of-Care Whole Blood Coagulometer in Patients on Factor Xa Inhibitors

Currently, no sensitive, widely available, rapid turnaround assays to measure the effect on coagulation of direct oral anticoagulants exist. The point-of-care ClotChek (Perosphere Technologies Inc.) coagulometer was developed to address this unmet need with high sensitivity and p...