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Trends in Patient Chemo Care Add Strain to Medicare
A federal policy shift has triggered a decline in patients receiving less-costly chemotherapy in physicians’ offices and a surge of those in more expensive hospital outpatient departments, according to a study released Monday. The trend, experts say, could have lasting effects on the quality of patient care, the existence of independent clinics and the future of Medicare.
Moran Co., a Washington-based healthcare research firm, confirmed that Medicare payments for fee-for-service hospital-based chemotherapy treatments have increased significantly while those for physicians’ offices have fallen.
According to the study, between 2005 and 2011 Medicare payments for chemotherapy administration in hospitals tripled to $300.9 million from $98.3 million, while payments for physician clinic chemotherapy administration dropped by 14.5 percent to $433.8 million from $507.5 million.
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Source: Medill Reports Chicago
Laundromats as a New Frontier in Community Health, Medicaid Outreach
May 29th 2025Lindsey Leininger, PhD, and Allister Chang, MPA, highlight the potential of laundromats as accessible, community-based settings to support Medicaid outreach, foster trust, and connect families with essential health and social services.
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New Research Challenges Assumptions About Hospital-Physician Integration, Medicare Patient Mix
April 22nd 2025On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Brady Post, PhD, lead author of a study published in the April 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®, challenges the claim that hospital-employed physicians serve a more complex patient mix.
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From Red Tape to Relief: Rewriting the Rules of Prior Authorization
June 23rd 2025Up to 257 million Americans could benefit from these prior authorization reforms that could have cross-market implications on health care plans administered through commercial insurers, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid.
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Culture Key to Data Collection of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Cancer Care
June 23rd 2025This research highlights the key factors, like leadership buy-in, mandatory protocols, and electronic health record workflows, that influence the effective collection of data on sexual orientation and gender identity in outpatient oncology clinics to improve patient-centered care.
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