In response to the comment that questioned why the health equity adjustment was added to begin with if it was duplicative of other adjustments, we note that, as discussed in the CY 2023 PFS final rule, our aim in finalizing the health equity adjustment was to encourage high ACO quality performance, reinforce ACOs' transition to reporting all payer/all patient eCQMs/MIPS CQMs, and provide an incentive for ACOs to provide high quality care to all of the populations they serve (87 FR 69839)
For laboratories dealing with connective tissue, this is an important reference point because it allows the study of the effect of the peptide on cytoskeleton reorganization and cell adhesion
The non-natural environment of cells that grow in a monolayer, while attached to an artificial matrix is a major difference between the native tissue and such cultures, together with the lack of microenvironment provided by the actual tissue architecture [87]
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