Neal Meropol, M.D., Flatiron’s vice president of research oncology, says that having a broader array of consumers of Flatiron’s real-world data opens up avenues to many different types of research, including on health equity
In the U.S., health insurance premiums are tax deductible–if paid through out of pocket expenses–but out-of-pocket expenses are not. However, there are exceptions to this rule. These include two often-used tax-favored accounts: Flexible savings accounts (FSA). These accounts allow employees to set aside a portion of their pretax income to cover qualified medical expenses; however,…
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ multiple myeloma drug linvoseltamab has clinical trial results showing complete responses in 90% of patients who have light chain amyloidosis, a rare blood disease. The preliminary data were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The post Regeneron Cancer Drug Shows New Promise in a Rare Disease… and…
Dr. Maria Pulido, chief medical officer, of Ascension St. Vincents, explains why he believes tools like Wellsheet makes the hospital care team’s job so much easier. The post Why the CMO of an Ascension Regional Hospital Likes Wellsheet appeared first on MedCity News.
Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year — double-digit premium increases along with a sharp drop in the federal subsidies that most consumers depend on to buy the coverage, also known as Obamacare. Insurers want higher premiums to cover the usual culprits —…
Pfizer said a patient dosed with danuglipron developed potential drug-induced liver injury. Pfizer is stopping further work on this program, a move that comes nearly two years after it discontinued development of a different obesity drug due to liver safety signals in a clinical trial. The post Pfizer Stops Work on Oral GLP-1 Obesity Drug…
By JEFF GOLDMSITH As health systems struggle to emerge from the post-COVID financial crisis, the importance of the clinical enterprise to these systems has dramatically increased. Healthcare organizations are getting larger, as failing enterprises are absorbed into growing systems. Yet clinicians of all stripes but particularly physicians feel a deepening sense of alienation from the…
Jacob Sweidan ha visto a sus pacientes superar las redadas federales de inmigración de la década de 1990, el pedido de un gobernador para abolir la ciudadanía por nacimiento y las muy publicitadas medidas represivas en el lugar de trabajo y las políticas de separación familiar del primer mandato del presidente Donald Trump. Pero en…
Millions would lose Medicaid coverage. Millions would be left without health insurance. Signing up for health plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces would be harder and more expensive. President Donald Trump’s domestic policy legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cleared the House in May and now moves to the Senate, could also…
[Sponsored] In an interview, Will Barnett, Veradigm Senior Solutions Manager, talked about the health tech vendor’s clearinghouse services and how they manage the relationship between payers and providers in support of evidence-based care and value-based care strategies. The post The Role of Claims Data Management to Support Evidence-Based Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.