Interviews

Jeff Patton, MD, chief executive officer of Tennessee Oncology, discusses if there's concern over what comes when the Oncology Care Model (OCM) ends.

Practices are going to have to decide which biosimilar manufacturers they want to be able to partner with, explained Tesh Khullar, senior vice president & advisor, Flatiron Health.

Initiating sustainable growth in clinical practices can be difficult, but through economies of scale derived from partnerships and performance data collection, optimal care can be administered efficiently, said Erich Mounce, chief operating officer, OneOncology.

There are formal criteria to identify progression in myelofibrosis, but patients can progress in many different ways, said Prithviraj Bose, MD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Jan Hillert, MD, PhD, professor and senior physician in the department of clinical neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, discusses the body of knowledge on using stem cell transplants to treat patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Amila Patel, PharmD, BCOP, technical lead, Clinical Oncology, Flatiron Health, discusses how Flatiron is working to implement clinical workflow features that expand beyond the electronic health record (EHR).

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, discusses how some drugs for psoriasis are less effective in the presence of metabolic syndrome.

Utilizing, and expanding upon, available technology in medical practices can efficiently improve healthcare, said Bobby Green, MD, chief medical officer at Flatiron.

The main thing that the Oncology Care Model (OCM) has brought is a shift in the mindset, said Terrill Jordan, chief executive officer of Regional Cancer Care Associates.

Nina Chavez, MBA, FACMPE, chief operating officer, New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants, Ltd., discusses best practices for community oncologists to stay ahead of changes in policies and the drug market.

Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP, executive director, West Cancer Center, discusses exclusion of men from the US Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF's) updated BRCA screening recommendation update.

The healthcare system has gotten better at placing more of a priority on patient-centered care, but the progress has been slow, said James Hamrick, MD, senior medical director at Flatiron Health.

After the approval of fedratinib, familiarity may keep people using ruxolitinib to treat myelofibrosis or polycythemia vera, but it’s good to know there is a back-up if needed for patients who don’t respond adequately, said David Snyder, MD, associate chair of the Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation at City of Hope.

Carolyn Starrett, senior vice president, Provider Solutions, Flatiron Health, explains how Flatiron's OncoEMR is helping community practices recognize and implement best practices and optimize clinical decision making.

Consolidation is going to be a trend that community oncologists should look out for, explained Tesh Khullar, senior vice president & advisor, Flatiron Health.

High-deductible health plans have been popular, but it’s becoming clear they are not right for all employees, said Michael Thompson, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.

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, explains how providers are reacting to more effective, more costly therapies entering the cancer landscape.

Bradley Prechtl, MBA, chief executive officer of Florida Cancer Specialists and the American Oncology Network, offers lessons learned from practicing value-based care.

Nina Chavez, MBA, FACMPE, chief operating officer, New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants, Ltd., explains how expensive therapies like chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy are creating reimbursement challenges.

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, discusses the challenges clinicians face when managing psoriasis in patients who also have metabolic syndrome.

Myelofibrosis has a very heterogeneous disease presentation, which means patients with it can present to the clinic with a number of different symptoms, explained Naveen Pemmaraju, MD, associate professor in the Department of Leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Low-wage earners in a company face a larger burden in access to care compared with high-wage earners, but not all employers recognize this and design benefits with this in mind, said Thomas Parry, PhD, president and founder of the Integrated Benefits Institute.

The marketplace is working to analyze and clean up real-world evidence so it can be used to inform decisions on treatment and coverage, said Scott Gottlieb, MD, former FDA commissioner (2017-2019).

Jeff Patton, MD, chief executive officer of Tennessee Oncology, weighs in on Oncology Care Model (OCM) performance period 4 results and taking on 2-sided risk.

Amila Patel, PharmD, BCOP, technical lead, Clinical Oncology, Flatiron Health, offers details on new clinical workflow features that will address some of the pain points clinicians have with the electronic medical record system.

In the past few years, benefit designs have led to a reduction of both low-value and high-value care, and moving forward, new designs have to be tied more directly to value-based reimbursement, said Michael Thompson, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.

Terrill Jordan, chief executive officer of Regional Cancer Care Associates, discusses Oncology Care Model performance period 4 results and the biggest challenges community oncologists continue to face when trying to perform under the model.

When measuring disease severity and progression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), there are several approaches that provide different information and have varying strengths and weaknesses, according to Daniel Kantor, MD, president of Kantor Neurology.