MDIC Annual Public Forum

APF 2024: Shaping the Future of Real-World Evidence and AI in Healthcare

By Erica Freeze
MDIC Annual Public Forum

The MDIC Annual Public Forum 2024 kicked off this week with experts from the National Evaluation System for health Technology (NEST), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the FDA. Topics included the future of real-world evidence (RWE) and the integration of AI into the healthcare ecosystem and how can we leverage emerging technologies to bring innovative and safer solutions to patients.

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REPORT – The Future of Acute Hospital Care at Home: BPC recommends Congress reauthorization of AHCAH

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Congress must decide the future of the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program, an initiative of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that, without legislative action, will expire on December 31, 2024. To ensure beneficiaries can receive various levels of care in their preferred settings, this brief provides immediate–term federal policy reform recommendations for the potential reauthorization of the AHCAH model while outlining key issues for policymakers to consider when further research and data emerge.

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