Mary Caffrey

News from Strategic Alliance Partners of The American Journal of Managed Care.

The annual legislative update at the Community Oncology Alliance Community Oncology Conference identified what Congress may focus on prior to the upcoming election.

FDA granted accelerated approval to trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive solid tumors who received prior systemic treatment and have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.

This panel at the Community Oncology Alliance conference discussed the impact of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) response to the end of direct and indirect remuneration fees, which has been dramatic cuts to cancer drug reimbursement.

Jonathan E. Levitt, Esq, founding partner of boutique health care law firm Frier Levitt, LLC, discusses a recent class-action lawsuit brought against Johnson & Johnson in which an employee alleged a breach of fiduciary duty regarding her employer-sponsored pharmacy benefits.

After the end of the Oncology Care Model (OCM), practices are working with primary care providers, which has pros and cons.

A lawsuit that followed a health system revoking community oncologists' hospital privileges was the jumping off point for a discussion of how to manage this key relationship.

The authors say a standard method of assessing metabolic tumor volume would be needed for its use to become widespread.

The annual Community Oncology Conference comes on the heels of a cyberattack that has caused significant disruption to providers, and many have sought relief from payers in areas such as prior authorization.

An alternative dose of ipilimumab and nivolumab had less toxicity than a conventional dose, the results show.

Results are consistent with the authors' prior findings on the possible effects of circadian rhythm on outcomes after immunotherapy.

The Princess of Wales is likely referencing adjuvant chemotherapy, but there is a growing field of immunoprevention, which seeks to target precancerous lesions or block heritable cancers.

This is the second time the combination has failed to meet end points in a trial in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The approval fills a void for patients with CLL or SLL whose disease progresses after treatment with a BTK inhibitor and a BCL-2 inhibitor; until now, there has been no standard of care.

As pressure from the Biden administration on UnitedHealth Group increases, physicians' groups weigh in following the unprecedented hack on Change Healthcare.

Results come amid the FDA's review of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

In his State of the Union Address, the president called for expanding the number of drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations and extending a $2000 out-of-pocket cap beyond seniors.

Friday's keynote speaker, Katherine A. Meese, PhD, addressed the conference theme of workforce support at the Association of Cancer Care Centers 50th Annual Meeting and Cancer Center Business Summit.

The session at ACCC's 50th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit featured discussions on patient navigation, addressing patients' sexual health, needs of LGBTQ+ patients, and more.

Coverage from the Association of Cancer Care Centers’ 50th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit.

ONCare Alliance will be led by 2 of the leading women in community oncology, cochairs Barbara McAneny, MD, of the New Mexico Cancer Center, and Sibel Blau, MD, of Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC, of Puyallup, Washington.

Quality Improvement (QI) projects require a series of distinct steps and timely data collection that will allow clinics to see if changes are yielding results, a consultant told attendees at a preconference workshop at ACCC.

The newly rebranded Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) celebrates its 50th year at this week's business meeting.

An on-body delivery system approved last fall for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) has seen rapid uptake and is now being studied for use with isatuximab.

In this final part of our interview with James Robinson, PhD, MPH, he underscores the need for employer education about the health plans they offer, fostering managed competition among hospital systems to drive down costs, and innovation in financing drug development.

Approved in Europe, tabelecleucel may soon be considered by FDA to treat patients who develop Epstein-Barr virus following a transplant, which then triggers a type of deadly lymphoma that may not respond to traditional therapy. Tab-cel, an allogeneic T-cell therapy, comes 30 years after the discovery that T cells might offer hope, followed by decades of research on how to harness them without the side effects.