Oncology

Geographic variation in cancer treatment spending reveals that chemotherapy and hospital inpatient care may offer opportunities for savings for practices participating in the Oncology Care Model.

A recap of the discussion at the Philadelphia meeting of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine®, an initiative of The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Former Tennessee US senator, heart and lung transplant surgeon, and healthcare entrepreneur brings dynamic expertise to the OneOncology national network.

Recap of the November 7 meeting of The American Journal of Managed Care®’s The Institute for Value-Based Medicine®. The dinner discussion, “Advancing Quality in Oncology Care” was held in Seattle, Washington.

The American Journal of Managed Care® sat down with Barbara McAneny, MD, president of the American Medical Association (AMA), to discuss how the AMA is working to "help create the healthcare system of the future."

In this article, we use data from our FAIR Health database of over 27 billion privately billed healthcare claims to identify the cancer diagnosis categories with the highest percentage of claim lines among all cancer diagnosis categories.

Improvements in treatments have led to less toxicities and better quality of life for patients with breast cancer, said Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, director of the Center for Global Cancer Medicine at the Abramson Cancer Center, and professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Joseph Alvarnas, MD, discusses the history of cancer care and what the future might look like in the space.

Evidence-Based OncologyTM sat down with Andrew W. Lo, PhD, to discuss his proposals to increase investment in medical innovation and utilization by giving investors more ways to support both research organizations and individual patients.

John B. Kisiel, MD, and Philip Parks, MD, MPH, provide an update on the future of cancer screenings and explain how improved treatment regimens offer the potential to reduce the cancer-related healthcare cost burden.