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American Hospital Association Sues U.S. Over Medicare
The American Hospital Association sued the U.S. government for allegedly refusing to pay for “hundreds of millions of dollars” of medically necessary care as required under the Medicare Act.
Private auditors used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are revoking payments made for in-patient treatment under one section of Medicare, even as that treatment qualifies as necessary under a different part of the act, the organization said in a complaint filed today in Washington
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Source: Bloomberg
FDA Approves bluebird bio's Lovo-Cel Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
December 10th 2023The decision was supported by efficacy data from 36 patients from the ongoing phase 1/2 HGB-206 trial (NCT02140554) and 2 patients in the phase 3 HGB-210 trial (NCT04293185). It was the second approval from FDA for a gene therapy for sickle cell disease.
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Cellular Therapies in Lymphoma Bring Hope, but Optimizing Their Use Remains a Challenge
December 10th 2023Recent decades have seen marked improvements in hematological cancer outcomes and an expanded armamentarium of therapies, but novel treatments require updated strategies that are not always easy to fine-tune, according to presenters at the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition.
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