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By the time you read this, October 1 will be behind us. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition, Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System (ICD-10) will be the new standard of the land. It was mandated that all healthcare providers in [ Read More ]
June 30, 2015, was the deadline for submission of practice-based applications to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) for the Oncology Care Model (OCM). The dust has settled. Those who were going to apply have done so, and [ Read More ]
If your practice or cancer center receives, handles, stores, compounds, dispenses, administers, or disposes of hazardous drugs, you may soon be affected by the US Pharmacopeial Convention’s General Chapter 800 Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings (USP 800). It will affect [ Read More ]
The federal government is determined to shift Medicare’s traditional fee-for-service plans into alternative quality-based or value-based payment programs. Currently more than 400 accountable care organizations (ACOs) and more than 100 hospitals and other healthcare groups accept Medicare bundled payments, but [ Read More ]
I grew up in a lower middle class household. My dad was an insurance salesman, and we needed to live within a budget. The thought that we might buy something without considering the cost was unfathomable. As a doctor now, [ Read More ]
No matter how high you want to go, you have to step on that first rung of the ladder. Every oncology practice in the country is making plans to move forward in some direction, and will have to climb a [ Read More ]
Big data has the power to significantly speed up the process from discovery to clinical adoption, according to a presentation at the Association of Community Cancer Centers 2015 Annual Meeting in Arlington, VA. Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer [ Read More ]
Our inboxes are overflowing with news of the Oncology Care Model (OCM) that was announced by the US Department of Health & Human Services on February 12. Full details are being unveiled regarding this bundled payment model, which was developed [ Read More ]
Oncology Practice Management recently conducted the following interview with Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, Administrative Director, The Johns Hopkins Breast Center; Director, Cancer Survivorship Programs at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; and Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins [ Read More ]
I was disturbed recently after reading a news report in which the head of a large pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) stated the company’s intentions to eventually start influencing the price of oncology drugs as well as extend its management, oversight, [ Read More ]