4 children with usually incurable, highly aggressive #braincancer-including diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)—are disease-free after receiving an experimental tumor-associated antigen (TAA) T-cell therapy. #clinicaltrial #immunotherapy #cancer @ASCO share.google/OwQ8gsH75Aqpwko…

🚨New AMA report analyzes the #pharmacybenefitmanager (#PBM) market concentration & its impact. The report reviews the structure of the PBM industry, its deep ties to insurers, low level of competition, & high level of vertical integration. 👉 Report: spr.ly/6047fnzfV 🧵

🚨AMA concerns re Senate bill: ⬇️ Medicaid/CHIP funding, changes in eligibility criteria that will ⬇️ patients’ access to care/impact physician practices’ viability, esp rural/underserved. Omits House-passed effort to connect Medicare physician payment to cost to run practice.

🚨Not only does #priorauth adversely impact patient care & ⬆️ ⬆️ physician frustration & burnout, it also ⬆️⬆️ costs to the entire health care system. 👉 AMA new survey results: tinyurl.com/mt2h7ded Likely of interest to @iccronline per report ⤵️ tinyurl.com/pb3tfuvs

🧵AMA strongly urges “⁦@medicarepayment⁩ to recommend that #Congress update physician payment on an annual basis by the full increase in inflation as measured by the…MEI to ensure predictability & stability for physician payment and to maintain or improve access to care.”