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New Oncology Care Model Unfolds From CMS

April 3, 2018
  • Roxanne Nelson

During the NCCN Annual Conference, Ron Kline, MD, FAAP, from CMS’s Innovation Center, discussed the Center’s pilot Oncology Care Model.

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Study: Lower Cancer Care Costs With Episode Payment Model

July 28, 2014
  • Janet Colwell

A 3-year pilot program that rewarded oncologists for improving outcomes and efficiency—rather than administering drugs—significantly reduced overall costs without lowering quality of care.

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Back to Basics: The Well-Woman Visit

April 17, 2014
  • Adelaide G. Nardone, MD, FACOG

Don’t let time constraints and large patient loads prevent you from providing a thorough well-woman visit. Are you covering all the bases?

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IOM Report: Solving Cancer Care Crisis Starts With Improving Patient Engagement, Team-Based Care

October 30, 2013
  • Janet Colwell

Delivering patient-centered care and engaging in shared decision-making should be top priorities for oncologists responding to the current crisis in the quality of cancer care delivery, according to a recent Institution of Medicine report.

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ASCO Issues ‘Top 5’ List of Overused Cancer Tests and Treatments

October 30, 2013
  • Janet Colwell

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today issued its second “Top 5” list of tests and treatments that are routinely used by oncologists despite a lack of evidence that they are cost effective or beneficial to patients.

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Cancer Care and Accountable Care Organizations: The Unknown Patient Experience Landscape

October 15, 2013
  • Michael Kolodziej, MD, FACP
  • Ira Klein, MD, FACP
  • Lonny Reisman, MD, FACC
  • Nancy Kotchko

ACOs can provide the structure, but it’s up to the stakeholders to establish mutually agreeable goals for this new care delivery model. Achieving these goals will require a different set of dialogues and conversations among stakeholders, and patients and their advocates must have seats at the table.

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Oral Oncolytics: Part 2—Legislation Targeting Cost & Access, and Other Initiatives to Reduce Costs

September 16, 2013
  • Robert Mancini, PharmD, BCOP
  • Ali Mcbride, PharmD, MS
  • Mary Kruczynski

We examine efforts to correct cost inequities of oral anti-cancer agents through legislation, and we look at further efforts to reduce the cost of oral chemotherapy via cycle management and waste reduction.

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Cancer Centers Struggle With Cost, Complexity of Measuring Quality

August 23, 2013
  • Janet Colwell

Most community cancer centers are only beginning to measure quality of care and are struggling with the challenge of collecting data while adding services and keeping costs in check, concluded a recent survey by the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC).

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CMS Seeks Physicians’ Views on Making Payment Data Public

August 23, 2013
  • Janet Colwell

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is inviting physicians to comment on a proposal to make individual physician payment data accessible to the public.

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Cancer Groups Call for Clarity on Patient Access to Clinical Trials

June 23, 2013
  • Janet Colwell

A group of cancer and other healthcare advocacy organizations applauded a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires private insurers to cover the routine medical costs of patients participating in clinical trials. However, many of those patients will continue to face roadblocks to participating in trials unless the federal government provides clear guidance on implementation, the groups said in a recent letter.

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