CMS Innovation Center's Latest Moves: Embedding Equity Into Value-Based Care
June 12th 2024During the CMS Health Equity Conference, health care leaders shared groundbreaking strategies to integrate health equity into value-based care models, aiming to enhance patient outcomes and reduce costs.
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EHA 2024: Striving Toward Innovation, Sustainability in Hematology
June 10th 2024The 2024 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress, convening virtually and in Madrid, Spain, from June 13-16, 2024, will feature practice-changing findings in hematology and oncology, as well as ample networking opportunities and conversations about the future of the field.
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Dr Surya Bhatt on Dupilumab's Promise in Reducing COPD Exacerbations, Enhancing Quality of Life
June 8th 2024Surya Bhatt, MD, MSPH, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, explained the phase 3 BOREAS and NOTUS trials demonstrated comparable safety profiles for dupilumab in treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Experts Share Health Equity Advances in Value-Based Care at CMS Conference
June 7th 2024During the CMS Health Equity conference, the “Implementing Health Equity Through Value-Based Care for People in Medicare” session featured a series of expert speakers who shared insights on pioneering strategies designed to advance health equity.
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Dr Ron Grunstein Discusses Findings on Investigational Orexin Agonist in Patients With Narcolepsy
June 6th 2024Ron Grunstein, MD, PhD, head of sleep and circadian research, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, shares findings from a phase 1b study on the use of a novel orexin agonist in patients with narcolepsy type 1.
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Antibody Drug Conjugates Show Promise in Biomarker, Prognostic Outcomes in Oncology Care
June 5th 2024Posters presented at ASCO 2024 found positive responses in the prediction of tumor types and prognostic outcomes in patients with advanced solid tumors and HR+/HER2-negative (HER2–) metastatic breast cancer.
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Equity in Motion at CMS Health Equity: Dr Aletha Maybank Shares AMA Advances for Justice
June 5th 2024Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, of the American Medical Association (AMA), delivered a powerful plenary session at the CMS Health Equity conference exploring the changes sparked by pivotal moments within the last 5 years.
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Camrelizumab Plus Rivoceranib Improves Survival vs Standard First-Line Care for HCC
June 5th 2024In the final overall survival analysis of the phase 3 CARES-310 trial, frontline camrelizumab plus rivoceranib continued to show clinically meaningful survival benefits vs sorafenib for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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Nivolumab Fails to Benefit Esophageal Cancer Treatment in EA2174 Trial: Dr Jennifer Eads
June 4th 2024This new analysis of nivolumab presented at ASCO 2024 shows the immune checkpoint inhibitor did not convery benefit when added to a regimen of neoadjuvant carboplatin, paclitaxel, and radiation.
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Gathering Data on Circadian Rhythms, Sleep in Adolescents Poses Challenges in Lab and Home Testing
June 4th 2024The session held at SLEEP 2024 focused on the challenges of collecting data on sleep and circadian rhythms in adolescents, as well as the difference between home and lab measurements.
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