Novartis’s Fabhalta is the first FDA-approved therapy for C3 glomerulopathy. But Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Empaveli has superior clinical data, and that drug has been submitted for FDA review in the same rare kidney disease as well as another one that does not yet have an approved therapy. The post Novartis Nabs First FDA Nod in Rare…
Patty Hayward is GM of Healthcare and Life Sciences at TalkDesk. TalkDesk runs the technology for contact centers that helps companies across health care connect and manage their consumers. You’ve probably unknowingly used their technology when you call (or now text or email) your health plan, your provider system or call into one of those…
Precision medicine relies on understanding how differences affect drug response. Researchers can develop more precise treatments that are effective for more patients when prioritizing diversity. The post Why Accessible, Worldwide Biomanufacturing Solutions are Paramount appeared first on MedCity News.
Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in May. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds. The post 4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in May appeared first on MedCity News.
NCQA announces that three commercial and two Medicare health plans were among the highest-rated plans
As CMS ramps up its RADV initiatives in the months ahead, plans should ensure their risk adjustment programs meet the highest standards of accuracy and compliance. Prospective and retrospective analytics enhanced by AI can help plans work with providers to optimize documentation at the point of care and identify coding errors during audit preparation. The…
Lyle Berkowitz is an old friend and these days is CEO of Keycare, which provides a virtual care workforce, primarily for major health systems. It’s based on Epic taking advantage of Telehealth Everywhere, which means that patients can get to them from within their MyChart accounts and it can easily integrate its EMR data with…
$240 million in awards will pay to launch and expand mental health and substance use disorder services in more than 400 community health centers
Celeste Health Solutions launched on Wednesday. The company works with employers and offers a range of point solutions and provides administrative support. The post How One Company Is Easing Employers’ Administrative Headaches appeared first on MedCity News.
That is the title of an ISPOR Europe panel I saw with Hugo Pedder, Jeroen Jansen, Dawn Lee and Mark Harries. The goal of sequential pathways model is to be able to answers questions like (i) how does a new treatment impact the cost and effectiveness for patients within a sequence of treatment, or (ii)…