Dr Debra Patt Discusses Community Oncology Practices
February 12th 2015As community oncology clinics affiliate with hospital systems to become hospital outpatient departments, patients begin to feel the burden of higher costs of care, according to Debra Patt, MD, from Texas Oncology, a community-based practice.
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Dr Bruce Feinberg Highlights Pathways as a Solution to High Costs in Oncology
February 10th 2015The concept of pathways is the most widely adopted solution to reduce the high cost of cancer care, according to Bruce Feinberg, DO, vice president and chief medical officer of oncology at Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions.
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Dr Rajesh Balkrishnan Celebrates AJMC's Guidance in Managed Care
February 4th 2015Over the last 20 years, The American Journal of Managed Care has published empirical, challenging work, according to Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD, associate director for research and education at the University of Michigan Center for Global Health.
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Dr Howard K. Kaufman on the Need for More Diverse Populations in Clinical Trials
January 30th 2015Clinical trials are critical for pushing the oncology field forward, but there is a need for not only more patients to participate in clinical trials, but for a more diverse population, said Howard K. Kaufman, MD, FACS.
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Amy Berman, RN, Discusses the Importance of Patient-Centered Care in Oncology
January 20th 2015For people who have cancer, patient-centered care is particularly important because their life is changing, said Amy Berman, RN, BS, senior program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation, who also has stage 4 breast cancer.
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Dr Robert Pendleton Explains Preparing to Transition from Fee-for-Service
January 15th 2015Many hospitals and healthcare systems don't fully understand their true cost of care, which will make the transition to an outcomes-based system difficult, said Robert Pendleton, MD, chief medical quality officer for University of Utah Healthcare.
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Giora Sharf Discusses Intentional, Unintentional Nonadherence in CML Patients
January 13th 2015Although there is a clear link between nonadherence and outcomes of a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), some patient intentionally stop taking their medication, said Giora Sharf, co-founder of the CML Advocates Network.
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Dr John Santopietro Says People Now See the Connection Between Behavioral, Physical Health
January 9th 2015About 70% of primary care visits actually have a behavioral health component, which has been well known for some time, although people are only now getting serious about investing in mental healthcare, according to John Santopietro, MD, chief clinical officer of behavioral health at Carolinas HealthCare System.
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Dr J. Mario Molina Calls for Controlling Growing Medicaid Costs
January 6th 2015Specialty drug costs represent a huge concern for Medicaid, which already represents the second largest budget in a state, according to J. Mario Molina, MD, president and chief executive officer of Molina Healthcare.
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Stephen Fitton Describes Challenges Michigan Faced When Expanding Medicaid
January 1st 2015Expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act is a huge undertaking, and Michigan decided to expand the program under a Section 1115 waiver, which sets the state apart a bit, according to Stephen Fitton, Medicaid Director at the Michigan Department of Community Health.
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Snezana Mahon, PharmD, Explains the Benefits of High Star Ratings
December 30th 2014Of the many benefits that come from achieving a 4-star CMS rating or better, retention and growth are probably the biggest ones, according to Snezana Mahon, PharmD, senior director Medicare solutions at Express Scripts.
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Karen Ignagni Describes the Cascade Effect Consumers Have on the Healthcare Ecosystem
December 23rd 2014As the healthcare industry moves to a more consumerism based environment, the number one goal for health plans is to have affordable options, explained Karen Ignagni, president and chief executive officer of America's Health Insurance Plans.
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Matt Salo Explains the Impact Sovaldi Has on State Medicaid
December 18th 2014Despite being used to dealing with drugs that are incredibly expensive, the high cost of Sovaldi presents a new problem for state Medicaid programs, according to Matt Salo, the executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors.
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Dr Mark G. Kris on Use of the Patient's Genome
December 5th 2014Recent important changes in oncology have led to major advances that allow providers to recommend very specific therapies, said Mark G. Kris, MD, William and Joy Ruane chair in thoracic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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Dr Brenda Reiss-Brennan on Addressing Mental Wellbeing While Caring for Chronic Diseases
December 4th 2014As the rate of chronic diseases has increased, so has interest in treating mental health issues, Brenda Reiss-Brennan, PhD, mental health integration director at Intermountain Healthcare, said at the US News Hospital of Tomorrow conference.
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Dr Peter P. Yu Describes the Many Dimensions to Providing Quality Cancer Care
November 28th 2014There are many dimensions to providing quality cancer care, but they're always tied to aligning the best outcomes with the patient's preferences, Peter P. Yu, MD, FASCO, 2014-2015 president of ASCO, said at the Patient-Centered Oncology Care meeting.
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ONC's Steven Posnack on Improving Interoperability
November 24th 2014There are a couple of areas where interoperability can still be improved, which requires work from both the private and the public sector, said Steven Posnack, MS, MHS, director of the Office of Standards and Technology at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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Dr Howard K. Kaufman Explains the Importance of Diagnostics on Precision Medicine
November 17th 2014The evolving field of precision medicine is very much reliant on diagnostics, Howard K. Kaufman, MD, FACS, chief surgical officer and associate director for clinical science at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, said at The American Journal of Managed Care's Patient-Centered Oncology Care meeting.
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Dr Andrew Sussman Discusses Healthcare's Move to Consumerism
November 13th 2014Health reform has brought a number of large changes to how healthcare is delivered, and one of the biggest is the shift to consumerism, according to Andrew Sussman, MD, president of MinuteClinic and senior vice president and associate chief medical officer of CVS Caremark.
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Dr Jordan Asher Discusses Gaining Care Delivery Efficiencies
November 4th 2014People in healthcare are learners by nature, which should be put to use when developing tactics to gain care delivery efficiencies, said Jordan Asher, MD, chief medical and chief integration officer at MissionPoint Health Partners.
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Dr Robert Pendleton Focuses on Patients During the Transition to Value-Based Payments
November 1st 2014The current environment is a difficult time for hospitals and health systems that are trying to do well while also starting to transition to a value-based payment system, explained Robert Pendleton, MD, chief medical quality officer for University of Utah Healthcare.
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Dr Santopietro Explains the Increasing Focus on Behavioral Health
October 27th 2014Although, the recent string of national tragedies has brought attention to behavioral health, healthcare reform has had an even larger impact on people talking about behavioral health, according to John Santopietro, MD, chief clinical officer of behavioral health at Carolinas HealthCare System.
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