Dr Hatim Husain Discusses HER2, Novel Therapy Exploration in Lung Cancer
September 23rd 2022During the Quality Cancer Care Alliance Summer 2022 National Leadership Summit, Hatim Husain, MD, discusses how HER2 exploration in lung cancer differs from that in breast cancer, as well as novel therapies being explored for HER2 and other disease targets.
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Dr Hatim Husain: Biomarker Testing Is a Treatment Cornerstone in NSCLC
August 29th 2022Hatim Husain, MD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego, discuses must-haves for successful biomarker testing in lung cancer—in particular, non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—and how the field is adapting to the targeted treatment needs of its patients.
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QCCA Panel Highlights Expansion of Innovation at Independent Community Oncology
August 17th 2022Value management, theranostics, clinical trial access, and a mobile pharmacy are major innovations being integrated into independent community oncology practices, as highlighted at the Quality Cancer Care Alliance Summer 2022 National Leadership Summit.
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Amy Ellis: There Was a Big Shift to Telemedicine in Cancer Care Delivery
February 17th 2021With the onset of the pandemic, the increased use of telemedicine has been the biggest change to how cancer care is being delivered; however, whether telemedicine is here to stay depends on the regulators and payers, said Amy Ellis, chief quality officer at Northwest Medical Specialties.
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Amy Ellis Discusses Setting Up an ePRO Tool at a Community Cancer Center
January 22nd 2021Setting up a new tool to capture electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) requires a lot of prep work to ensure patients are comfortable and ready to use the tool, said Amy Ellis, chief quality officer at Northwest Medical Specialties.
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Amy Ellis Discusses Choosing Between Multiple Oncology APMs
January 20th 2021With so many different oncology alternative payment models (APMs) available, choosing the right ones to participate in might simply mean finding which ones already align with what a practice is doing, said Amy Ellis, chief quality officer at Northwest Medical Specialties.
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Dr Sibel Blau Discusses Adapting to Telehealth in Oncology and Future Issues
January 18th 2021Adapting to telehealth was not difficult, but practice transformation around telehealth has been more difficult, and there remains the future uncertainty around continued reimbursement, said Sibel Blau, MD, of Northwest Medical Specialties and Quality Cancer Care Alliance.
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Dr Sibel Blau Discusses the Impact of Delayed Cancer Diagnoses on Community Cancer Practices
January 12th 2021Telehealth is helpful, but it is not enough to make up for the delay in cancer diagnoses occurring as a result of the pandemic, said Sibel Blau, MD, of Northwest Medical Specialties and Quality Cancer Care Alliance.
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Dr Sibel Blau Highlights Reimbursement Concerns in Oncology
January 5th 2021The economics of cancer care remain a major concern as practices try to figure out how to deal with the cost of providing cancer care, said Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncologist, Northwest Medical Specialties, and president and CEO, Quality Cancer Care Alliance (QCCA).
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Joanna Thompson Discusses What Makes a Patient High Risk for Lung Cancer
December 31st 2020There are several risk factors to review when determining whether or not a patient is high risk for lung cancer and should be screened, said Joanna Thompson, multidisciplinary program manager, Highlands Oncology Group.
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Dr Basit Chaudhry: Commercial Payers Are Expected to Start Aligning More With Medicare
December 26th 2020There is a lot of variation among commercial payers, but broadly speaking they are expected to start moving to adopt what Medicare does, said Basit Chaudhry, MD, PhD, founder of Tuple Health.
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Dr Basit Chaudhry: How Practices Can Take Advantage of the Delay to Oncology Care First
December 14th 2020With the start of Oncology Care First (OCF) being delayed, practices participating in the Oncology Care Model have more time to set themselves up to success when they transition to OCF, said Basit Chaudhry, MD, PhD, founder of Tuple Health.
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Dr Michael Korn Outlines the Collaborative Nature of the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance
December 13th 2020The Caris Precision Oncology Alliance has brought together academic institutions and community practices with the goal of performing research and exchanging evidence and ideas for new types of tests, said W. Michael Korn, MD.
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Joanna Thompson on Engaging With PCPs for a Successful Lung Cancer Screening Program
December 10th 2020Highlands Oncology Group has found the most success getting the word out about its lung cancer screening program by directly engaging with primary care physicians (PCPs), said Joanna Thompson of Highlands Oncology Group.
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Mike Fazio Discusses Opportunities for Change During the Delay Before Oncology Care First Begins
December 10th 2020There are certain adjustments that CMS can make to Oncology Care First (OCF) during the delay that CMS is already doing successfully in other alternative payment models, said Mike Fazio, at Archway Health.
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Dr Basit Chaudhry Discusses the Impact of Delayed Care on APMs Like OCM
December 2nd 2020Delayed care due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty around alternative payment models (APMs) like the Oncology Care Model (OCM), said Basit Chaudhry, MD, PhD, founder of Tuple Health.
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Dr Michael Korn Discusses Precision Medicine Progress in Various Cancers
November 29th 2020There are certain diseases, like lung cancer, that are leading the way in precision medicine and where broad molecular testing is recommended, said W. Michael Korn, MD, of University of California, San Francisco, and Caris Life Sciences.
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Mike Fazio Highlights How Oncology Practices Can Take Advantage of the Delay to OCF
November 28th 2020There are ways practices can take advantage of the delay of Oncology Care First (OCF) to continue learning from their experience in Oncology Care Model (OCM), said Mike Fazio, of Archway Health.
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Joanna Thompson Outlines How Highlands Oncology Group Screens for Lung Cancer
November 22nd 2020The Highlands Oncology Group partners with primary care providers to identify patients at high risk of lung cancer so the specialists can do a more in-depth screening, explained Joanna Thompson, multidisciplinary program manager, Highlands Oncology Group.
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Moving Beyond Precision Oncology to “Precision Prevention” in Oncology Practices
November 11th 2020In a pair of sessions at the Quality Cancer Care Alliance Virtual Fall Leadership Summit, speakers discussed the promise of precision medicine for not only informing individuals’ cancer treatment decisions but also identifying individuals at high risk before disease develops.
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Mike Fazio: The Future of APMs Post Election and Supreme Court Ruling on the ACA
November 3rd 2020There is a lot of uncertainty among providers participating in federal alternative payment models (APMs) given the general election and the upcoming Supreme Court case on the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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