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Chicago, IL—Lou Levine, a cancer survivor from Chicago, IL, reminded a room full of cancer program executives at the American College of Oncology Admin istrators (ACOA) 2012 annual conference of the unique perspective that patients with cancer have on their [ Read More ]
Recent estimates have put the cost of cancer care at an excess of $100 billion annually, much of which is borne by government payers, including Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for outpatient treatments, including chemotherapy, its administration, and radiation therapy. The [ Read More ]
Baltimore, MD—Quality reporting is one of the cornerstones of the healthcare reform. Now is the time to integrate quality improvement mechanisms at your cancer center, suggested Cynthia Jones, BSHA, CPHQ, Quality Program Coordinator at Rex Cancer Center, NC, at the [ Read More ]
The media and political pundits were having a field day with predictions and countdowns. No matter what your politics were, opinions resonated all around you: What would the Supreme Court do? What would it mean? Then the decision came down. [ Read More ]
Chicago, IL—Oncology program administrators from across the country gathered in Chicago on June 21 and 22 at the American College of Oncology Administrators (ACOA) 2012 annual conference. The attendees of this meeting, held in the conference center of the American [ Read More ]
Chicago, IL—The question of how to define and measure quality in oncology is one of the hottest topics in oncology care today. At the 2012 annual conference of the American College of Oncology Administrators in Chicago this past June, a [ Read More ]
Every summer and fall, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) hosts a series of Regional Oncology Economic and Man – agement Meetings. These meetings are targeted for members who are in the business of delivering cancer care in the [ Read More ]
The following sections will assist healthcare professionals and payers by providing appropriate coding and billing information associated with the management of lung cancer. The following sections include: Associated ICD-9-CM codes used for the classification of lung cancer Drugs that have [ Read More ]
More so than ever, regulators are using a provider’s practice structure as the tool to investigate or deny reimbursement, and convict providers of improper conduct. Doing so has proved fairly simple from the regulator’s standpoint, mainly because many physicians enter [ Read More ]
In today’s turbulent economic times, physicians are looking for solutions that provide tax deductions and the opportunity to save efficiently for their retirement. No matter whether you are self-employed, run a small medical practice, own shares in a large surgical [ Read More ]