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CMS finalized updates to its physician fee schedule for 2024, as well as finalized the rule for next year’s Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). Provider groups are displeased with the updated rules, arguing that both physicians and provider organizations need more monetary relief than what the agency is offering.

Despite most insurer execs saying that digital transformation is a top priority, only 8% believe the majority of their staff embrace digital transformation, according to data from West Monroe.

Available atopic dermatitis drugs work by blocking inflammation, but Triveni Bio is developing an antibody that addresses a root cause of the chronic condition. The startup is out of stealth to advance its lead program and a pipeline of other inflammation and immunology drugs.

This article delves into the importance of audience segmentation, offers guidance on identifying distinct audience groups, and discusses influential personas in healthcare.

Changes in HHS structure, along with well-funded and staffed partners at the state, local, tribal and territorial levels, may prove helpful for success during future public health emergencies and can help earn and maintain the public’s trust.

Only 21% of primary care physicians feel they are fairly compensated, according to a new report from Pearl Health. However, primary care physicians who participate in an ACO were 56% more likely than non-ACO participants to believe they are paid fairly. ACO participants were also 15% more likely to believe that the way they generate revenue allows them to deliver holistic care.

The gene therapy programs of Lexeo Therapeutics span rare forms of cardiomyopathy and certain types of Alzheimer’s disease. But Lexeo’s IPO comes as a rival gene therapy developer sues the biotech, claiming its work employs stolen trade secrets.

Amid the unwinding of the continuous enrollment provision, more than 10 million people have lost Medicaid coverage, according to data from KFF. Of those disenrolled from Medicaid coverage, 71% were removed from coverage for procedural reasons.

A new Duke study shows that KelaHealth's platform was associated with a 21% reduction in acute kidney injury and a 24% decrease in costly readmissions following colorectal surgery. The platform delivers insights about individual patients’ surgical risks and what their care journeys should look like.

Investing in comprehensive patient concierge services keeps trial administrators on track by removing the burden of logistical support and improving the overall participant experience, making dropouts and trial delays much less likely.