A Year in Review and Looking to the Future: Four Key Healthcare Megatrends
As the new year begins, we are looking ahead to four key megatrends that we expect to shape the landscape in the year to come.
MHRA Issues Guidance on New Medical Device Regulation in UK
As a result of Brexit, the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulations (IVDR) will not apply to Great Britain. Unlike Great Britain, the IVDR will apply in Northern Ireland from 26 May 2022.
BHA Partners with Alcon to Conduct Real-World Study Highlighting Efficiencies of Optical Biometer in Cataract Surgery
Alcon, a global leader in eye care, collaborated with Boston Healthcare to conduct a Time-and-Motion Study to support the value communication of its novel swept-source optical coherence tomography biometer, ARGOS®.
Analysis of China’s First National Tender on Coronary Stents
In November 2020, two years following the implementation of the national centralized tender program that started with biopharmaceuticals, the first medical device was targeted - drug-eluting coronary stents.
China Payment Reform: 2020 Update
The pilot of implementing a diagnosis-related group (DRG) payment model to inpatient hospital care, a major initiative of China’s ongoing healthcare reform, started in 2019. Boston Healthcare Associates has been vigilant in tracking this strategic topic given the implications on the industry and the healthcare ecosystem as a whole.
Boston Healthcare Participates in the 3rd Annual Leaders in Life Sciences Breakfast Roundtable
Eight leaders in Life Sciences came together for a virtual breakfast roundtable devoted to leading Life Sciences organizations through these unprecedented times.
Webinars and Digital Events
Publications
BHA Partners with Alcon to Conduct Real-World Study Highlighting Efficiencies of Optical Biometer in Cataract Surgery
December 2020
Alcon, a global leader in eye care, collaborated with Boston Healthcare to conduct a Time-and-Motion Study to support the value communication of its novel swept-source optical coherence tomography biometer, ARGOS®. The ISPOR abstract, titled, Time Efficiencies Associated with an Innovative Optical Biometer in Cataract Surgery Planning- A Time-and-Motion Study, can be found here, and will be published in the upcoming Value in Health Journal (December 2020 Issue, Volume 23 and Issue S2).
Boston Healthcare Presents Key Findings Associated With the Use of an AI-Enabled In Vitro Diagnostic Test
27 March 2020
The Boston Healthcare team presented key findings related to the health economic value associated with the use of an AI-enabled in vitro diagnostic test to identify CKD patients with type 2 diabetes at risk for rapid kidney function decline. BHA’s Senior Vice President, Thomas Goss, made a presentation during the late-breaker session at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting in March 2020.
Read the article here: https://bit.ly/2UKaJks
View the poster here: https://bit.ly/2UFIx27
Diagnostics Developers Rapidly Utilizing New Payment Codes Established by PAMA
7 November 2018
Access the article from 360Dx here.
Clinical Omics
Compliance Conundrum: Genomic Health Faces DoJ Investigation after CMS Changes Date of Service Regs
Genomic Health has disclosed that it is the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into its compliance with changes that took effect in January to Medicare’s Date of Service billing regulation. Adam Crowther, Manager, spoke with Clinical Omics about the impact on diagnostics companies. Access the Article Here.
Medical Device & Diagnostics Industry
Considering Market Access Risk as Part of Today’s M&A Process
In an exclusive published today in Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry, Vice President, Rob Wenthold discusses the key market access issues examined during the M&A process and demonstrates the importance of market access to inform M&A through case studies and business decision-making in general. Read the article here.