Bundled Payments and Other Cost-Management Approaches to Oncology Care
February 22nd 2017At the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting, stakeholders shared their views on how bundled payments, clinical pathways, and other value-based approaches can be implemented in cancer care while ensuring adequate care quality.
Panel Presents Unique Cost-Sharing Viewpoints in Oncology Care
February 22nd 2017Panelists from diverse vantage points in the cancer care landscape discussed the effects of cost sharing on patients in a discussion at the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting.
Integrating Patient-Centered Outcomes in APMs
February 22nd 2017As payment models shift to emphasize patient experience and quality of care, a panel discussion at the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting debated whether these efforts had meaningfully improved outcomes for patients.
Specialty Pharmacies Transforming Cancer Care
February 21st 2017Specialty pharmacies can collaborate with clinical teams to harness the power of health information technology and improve cancer care, according to panelists at the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting.
Providers Have Power to Make Health IT Work for Them, Panel Says
February 21st 2017A panel discussion about the challenges of health information technology at the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting also identified opportunities for providers to leverage better solutions.
TAPUR Trial Expands Who Can Join Clinical Trials, If Payers Fund Genomic Tests
February 20th 2017Pam Mangat, MS, associate director for the TAPUR study in the research and analysis division of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, offered an update on the study at the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting.
Responding to Patient Needs Central to Providing Value in Cancer Care
February 20th 2017At the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting, Nell Wood Buhlman of Press Ganey explained that oncology providers must focus on patient needs and minimize suffering in order to truly provide value in cancer care.
Immunoâ€Oncology Versus Precision Medicine: Where Is Cancer Care Headed?
February 20th 2017At the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting, hosted by The American Journal of Managed Care®, experts discussed the contradiction presented by immuno-oncology agents in the world of precision medicine.