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Finance
CMS Proposing Bundled Payment Model for Radiation Oncology
Participation would be mandatory for certain geographic areas during the model's projected five-year timeline.
Clinical Care
Cancer Urgent Care Clinics Slow Growth of ER Utilization
A cancer urgent care clinic in Texas reduced growth of emergency department utilization by more than half.
Strategy
City of Hope to Invest $1B in New Irvine Cancer Care Campus
The organization said it is accelerating its plans and upping its investment in Orange County, in response to the market's...
Clinical Care
Here's the SCOOP: New Oncology Pathway Program Boosts Patient Outcomes
A healthcare system is pioneering provision of palliative care and supportive services to oncology patients receiving curative treatment.
Clinical Care
Q&A With BS&W Oncology Leader on Cancer Costs and Research
An oncologist who pioneered immunotherapy cancer treatments at Johns Hopkins Medicine is now pursuing novel cancer care at Baylor Scott...
Clinical Care
More Bad News for MIS in Cervical Cancer
Significantly higher recurrence risk compared with abdominal hysterectomy.
Finance
CMS: Decision on CAR-T Therapy Coverage Delayed But 'Forthcoming'
The therapies have price tags as high as $425,000, which some say is a worthwhile investment.
Clinical Care
'Decision Fatigue' Lowers Cancer Screening Rates
The decline in screenings is believed to be the result of the cumulative burden of screening discussions earlier in the...
Clinical Care
Healthcare Innovator Takes Reins at Cancer Treatment Centers of America
CEO Pat Basu speaks on a range of opportunities to defeat cancer.
Clinical Care
Use Geriatric Assessment to Predict Hospital and Long-Term Care Utilization
New research shows how specific impairments can determine the likelihood of increased healthcare services utilization among older cancer patients.
Clinical Care
1 in 5 Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Abandon Follow-Up Care
New research helps identify which breast cancer patients are likely to quit going to follow-up visits.
Clinical Care
Women in High-Deductible Health Plans Delay Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment
Researchers looked at the time to first breast cancer diagnostic testing, diagnosis, and chemotherapy among a group of women whose...