Telemedicine Advocacy Group Buys Digital Therapeutics Alliance
Goal is to create a ‘unified voice to shape healthcare policies, ensuring that telehealth and digital therapeutics remain integral components of the U.S. healthcare system’
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Vertex Cell Therapy Misses in the Clinic, But It Has Other Shots on the Type 1 Diabetes Goal
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is stopping development of VX-264, an experimental cell therapy/medical device treatment for type 1 diabetes, after an early look at Phase 1/2 data fell short of efficacy goals. This program came from a $950 million acquisition in 2019 that marked Vertex’s entry into type 1 diabetes. The post Vertex Cell Therapy Misses in…
Top Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Misinformation by RFK Jr.
RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine beliefs lead to changes within the HHS
Economic impact of sotagliflozin among patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes
That is the title of a new paper with Shanshan Wang, Jaehong Kim, and Slaven Sikirica that has the subtitle “Budget impact analysis from the US payer perspective.” That abstract is below: BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of mortality in the United States, often complicated by comorbidities like diabetes mellitus. These patients face…
Medicare Program Integrity and Efforts to Root Out Improper Payments, Fraud, Waste and Abuse
This brief explains fraud, waste, abuse, and improper payments in Medicare and describes actions to ensure Medicare program integrity.
How Real-World Data Can Support Label Extension And Safer Use Of Novel Therapies
Engaging in data sharing, observational cohort research, and deeper analysis of available data to yield further insights can drive improved results for patients, making label and cohort extension faster and more robust. The post How Real-World Data Can Support Label Extension And Safer Use Of Novel Therapies appeared first on MedCity News.
‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes
HENRICO, Va. — Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company. Sometimes, as the minutes tick by and her frustration mounts, Ekirch, 30, opens a meditation app on her phone. It was recommended by her psychologist to help with the depression associated with a stressful and painful medical disorder….
Readers Shop for Nutritional Information and Weigh Radiation and Cancer Risks
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. What’s Up With Our Wheat? Great article (“How the FDA Opens the Door to Risky Chemicals in America’s Food Supply,” March 10). Another topic that needs more research is the fact…
Montana’s Small Pharmacies Behind Bill To Corral Pharmacy Benefit Managers
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s small, independent pharmacies say they’re getting increasingly squeezed on reimbursements by pharmacy benefit managers — and are pushing an ambitious bill to rein in what they say are unfair practices by the powerful industry negotiators known as PBMs. “Who in their right mind would subject themselves to this sort of treatment…
Platform Shift: From EHRs to UDHPs (Unified Digital Health Platforms)- Section 1
By VINCE KURAITIS, GIRISH MURALIDHARAN & JODY RANCK This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Platforming Healthcare — The Long View. This essay is the next in the series entitled “Platforming Healthcare — the Long View”. The series presents a 30-Year Framework for Platforming Healthcare. An updated v2.0 of a graphic depicting…