Ted Okon, MBA

Seven oncology leaders reflect on lasting gains in patient care, cost awareness, and collaboration, and what was lost when CMS walked away.

No One Left Behind, a program to provide financial assistance and access to cancer care at Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates in South Carolina, will be discussed during a session of the Community Oncology Alliance 2022 Community Oncology Conference.

Authors from the Community Oncology Alliance and Avalere Health present data that show breast cancer screening rates recovered more slowly among some racial/ethnic groups following on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With an increasing demand for cancer care driven by the demographics of the aging population far outpacing the supply of oncologists, and the ongoing transformation of the reimbursement system, the challenges facing oncology are formidable.