Practice Management News

Arnold & Porter LLP will host the first of a three-part webcast series, “Healthcare Joint Ventures and Transactions: A Response to the Changing Healthcare Payment and Delivery Landscape,” on June 16.

Organovo Holdings, Inc. announced financial results for fiscal 2015 and revealed that its commercial liver tissue product exVive3D Human Liver Tissue, has acquired approximately $1.94 million in contract bookings to date, according to a press release.

Boston Children’s Hospital has been ranked the No. 1 children’s hospital in the nation for gastroenterology and GI surgery, according to the 2015-2016 edition of “U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children's Hospitals” survey.

CHICAGO — In a randomized phase 2 trial, treatment with Nexavar plus hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy with cisplatin yielded better results vs. treatment with Nexavar alone for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a poster presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

Only 4.3% of the world’s population have no health issues, with growth in the aging population potentially playing a part in the significant increase of illness, according to recently released data from The Lancet.

CHICAGO — In an ongoing phase 2 clinical trial, Inlyta and transarterial chemoembolization therapy was safe and yielded high response rates in Chinese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a poster presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

Following the FDA’s discovery of several deficiencies in manufacturing and operating procedures, the NIH has suspended operations of its Pharmaceutical Development Center until further notice, according to a press release.

Most employers have fewer than 50 full-time employees or full-time equivalent employees. Therefore, they are not subject to the Affordable Care Act’s employer shared-responsibility provision.

Exalenz Biosciences announced a clinical trial is underway to investigate whether its BreathID test is useful in diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

The annual update on physicians’ Medicare Part B reimbursement, and the data showed that nearly $90 billion in Medicare payments was paid out to over 950,000 health care providers across all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.