Congress passed a continuing resolution last week that extended expiring Medicare telehealth flexibilities through the next six months. Telehealth CEOs view the passing of the resolution as a short-term win, but they think there is still more work to do to ensure Americans have permanent access to virtual care services in the future. The post…
A new report from the Peterson Health Technology Institute found that virtual opioid use disorder companies are just as effective as usual in-person treatment and can improve retention. The post How Effective Are Virtual OUD Solutions Compared to Usual Care? appeared first on MedCity News.
The FDA cited deficiencies in its govorestat’s application in galactosemia, a rare metabolic disease, Applied Therapeutics said. The biotech is still on track to submit a separate application for the drug in sorbitol dehydrogenase (SORD) deficiency, another rare disease that has no FDA-approved therapies. The post Applied Therapeutics Drug Is Denied FDA Approval in Rare…
Fourteen maternal-fetal medicine-focused universities and healthcare systems across the state are participating in SOS Maternity
That is the title of a paper recently published in AJMC with co-authors Suhail Thahir, Alexa Klimchak, Ivana Audhya, Lauren Sedita, and John A. Romley. The abstract is below. Objectives: To quantify the magnitude of altruism value as applied to a hypothetical new treatment for a rare, severe pediatric disease: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Study Design: Prospective…
[Sponsored] An upcoming webinar sponsored by Solera Health will explore how employers can develop benefit strategies that improve employee outcomes and fit their budgets. The post What Self-Insured Employers Should Look for in a Digital Health Vendor appeared first on MedCity News.
In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane, the 63-year-old can view grazing lands of the dairy company he runs that produces products such as unpasteurized milk and cheese for almost 2,000 stores. Federal regulators say it’s risky business….
It looks like the answer is ‘yes’. KFF reports that Holden Karau, a software engineer from the San Francisco Bay Area, created an AI tool to help appeal insurance denials. She calls it: Fight Health Insurance, How does it work? You’ve gotta make a scan of the denial letter from your insurance company, and run…
By aligning innovative scientific insights with strategic commercial pathways, the industry has the potential to fulfill its early promise – delivering safe, effective therapies that improve patient outcomes and create new opportunities for growth in the biopharmaceutical sector. The post Beyond the Hype: The Scientific and Commercial Future of Microbiome Medicine appeared first on MedCity…
By VINCE KURAITIS & NEIL JENNINGS In a previous post in this series, we discussed healthcare’s migration toward Unified Digital Health Platforms (UDHPs) — a “platform of platforms.” Think of a UDHP as healthcare’s version of a Swiss Army knife: flexible, multi-functional, and (ideally) much better integrated than the drawer full of barely-used apps most health…