Inequalities Within and Between Practices Contribute to NGS Testing Disparities in NSCLC
June 15th 2023A study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting found practice- and provider-level racial and ethnic inequities in rates of next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated in the community setting.
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Most people with health insurance coverage experienced health coverage problems in the past 12 months; oncologists are pressing lawmakers to implement long-term solutions to chemotherapy shortages; the nonprofit Human Rights Watch is calling out US hospitals for forcing people into debt.
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Dr Susan Escudier on How Oncologists and PCPs Can Work Together to Improve Value-Based Care
June 14th 2023Susan Escudier, MD, FACP, vice president of value-based and quality programs for Texas Oncology, discusses how collaboration between oncologists and primary care physicians (PCPs) can improve patient satisfaction and outcomes.
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SmithRx to Offer Adalimumab Biosimilar Yusimry at 90% Discount to Humira
June 14th 2023The pharmacy benefit manager SmithRx has announced that through a partnership with the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, it will offer Yusimry, an adalimumab biosimilar, for less than 90% of the cost of the reference product, Humira.
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What We’re Reading: ACA Preventive Care; CMS Repayment Plan; Medicaid Enrollment Cuts
June 13th 2023Biden administration finalizes a deal on covering preventive care despite legal battle; CMS prepares safety net hospital reimbursement plans; over 1 million Americans have been dropped from Medicaid coverage
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Using race-neutral rather than race and ethnicity-specific reference equations to interpret pulmonary function tests (PFTs) increased the number of Black individuals considered to have respiratory impairments, suggesting that race and ethnicity-specific equations may reinforce health disparities.
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What We’re Reading: Drug Inflation Penalties; $280B COVID-19 Relief Fraud; Brain Tumor Vaccine
June 12th 2023The Biden administration will impose drug price inflation penalties on drugmakers; a study reveals massive amounts of COVID-19 relief funds were stolen; experimental vaccine nearly doubles survival in patients in a trial.
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