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Clinical Care
Stakeholders Rap CMS Mandatory Radiation Oncology Model
Providers raise concerns that the mandatory CMMI payment models will create unnecessary burdens and challenges.
Clinical Care
Clinical Deterioration Factors of Hospitalized Cancer Patients Identified
Researchers call for early warning system to improve the care of cancer inpatients.
Clinical Care
Firing Doctor, Christian Hospital Sets Off National Challenge To Aid-In-Dying Laws
Centura Health Corp. abruptly terminated Barbara Morris, MD, a geriatrician who had planned to help a terminally ill patient end...
Clinical Care
Medicare to Cover Costly CAR T-Cell Cancer Therapy Nationwide
The new rule stipulates that coverage will be provided only at healthcare facilities that are enrolled in FDA risk evaluation...
Clinical Care
'Big Three' Diagnostic Errors Account for Nearly 75% of All Serious Harm
One-third of malpractice cases for death or permanent disability began with an errant or delayed diagnosis, making it the biggest...
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
EHR 'Nudge' Slashed Unneeded Scans Before Palliative Radiation
Default orders can help physicians de-implement low-value treatments.
Have Cancer, Must Travel: Patients Left In Lurch After Hospital Closes
As the rural town of Fort Scott, Kan., grapples with the closure of its hospital, cancer patients face new challenges...
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
More Evidence Links Body Fat With Prostate Cancer
Risk of advanced, fatal disease rises with abdominal visceral fat.
Clinical Care
Combining Biopsy Methods Boosts Prostate Ca Detection
Clinically significant cancers detected in up to 33% more men.