New ICER Program Analyzes Budget Impact of New Drugs
July 22nd 2015A new program from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review will produce public reports that include a full analysis of the comparative effectiveness, the cost-effectiveness, and the potential budget impact of new drugs.
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ASCO Calls for Developing Oncology Trials for Geriatric Patients
July 20th 2015The American Society of Clinical Oncology has issued a position statement in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, calling for federal agencies and the cancer research community to broaden clinical trials to include older adults.
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CMS Testing Concurrent Coverage of Palliative, Curative Care
July 20th 2015Instead of making patients suffering from life-limiting illnesses choose between hospice care and curative care, CMS will test coverage that allows individuals to receive palliative and curative treatment concurrently.
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Annual Report on the Status of Cancer in the United States Released
July 16th 2015The Annual Report to the Nation on Status of Cancer, product of a collaboration between The American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute, and North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, has been published.
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Plans to Improve Interventions for Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
July 15th 2015A report released by the National Academy of Medicine aims to ensure that evidence-based psychosocial interventions are routinely used in clinical practice and included in the clinical training of mental health professionals.
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Screening Colonoscopy Can Reduce Mortality, Study Finds
July 14th 2015The retrospective study, conducted in centers across Germany, found that when colorectal cancer was detected during a screening colonoscopy, patients lived nearly 2 years longer than if it was detected during a diagnostic colonoscopy.
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Dr Joseph Gifford Discusses the Challenges of Shifting to Value-Based Payment Models
July 10th 2015The challenges in transitioning to value-based payments are rooted in cultural and environmental issues at those institutions that have never truly paid attention to value-based care, explained Joseph Gifford, MD, chief executive officer of the Providence-Swedish Health Alliance.
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Dr Christine K. Cassel Talks Evolution of Standardized Healthcare Quality Measures
July 9th 2015Since the National Quality Forum (NQF)'s birth in 1999, there have been 2 significant changes in the use of standardized healthcare quality measures, explains Christine K. Cassel, MD, president and chief executive officer of NQF.
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Dr Crystal S. Denlinger Calls for Personalized Care in Cancer Survivorship
July 8th 2015As innovations in cancer care transform the disease into a chronic illness, the survivorship population encompasses more than early stage patients but survivors of long term metastatic disease as well, explains Crystal S. Denlinger, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.
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Health Insurers Seek Sharp Rate Increases in 2016
July 5th 2015Newly insured consumers under the Affordable Care Act have turned out to be sicker than initially estimated, according to health insurance companies, who are seeking rate increases of at least 20% to 40%, reported the New York Times.
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Americans Mostly Approve of King v. Burwell Decision
July 5th 2015Although nearly equal amounts of people view the Affordable Care Act favorably (43%) as unfavorably (40%), a majority of Americans say they approved of the Supreme Court's decision to continue to allow Americans living in states on the federally facilitated exchange to be eligible for insurance subsidies, according to a recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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