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Battle Royale: Small molecules vs. biologics

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allows the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to negotiate drug prices. However, CMS can only negotiated drug prices 9 years after drug approval for small molecules and 13 years after approval for large molecules. Why the difference? Do biologic treatments produce superior health benefits for patients? This is the…

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The Nurse as Designer: Breaking Down Barriers with Clinician-Center Innovation

Integrating nursing expertise into technology design, development, and implementation fosters early user support, establishes credibility with the technology, and leads to significantly better usage across the organization, avoiding the creation of process workarounds. The post The Nurse as Designer: Breaking Down Barriers with Clinician-Center Innovation appeared first on MedCity News.

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How a New PE-Backed RCM Company Plans to Fix the ‘Transactional Bowels of US Healthcare’

Providers need a revenue cycle management platform that is more affordable and accurate, said Jeremy Dekinsky, CEO of Smarter Technologies, during MedCity News’ INVEST conference. New Mountain Capital formed Smarter Technologies this week by combining three separate platforms it had already acquired. The post How a New PE-Backed RCM Company Plans to Fix the ‘Transactional…

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