Addressing Health Equity and Social Needs

Addressing cancer patients' lack of housing or food insecurity affects care outcomes, but how can the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation build this into a reward structure?

EP: 1.No Successor to OCM Would Disappoint

EP: 2.CMMI Open to Feedback, but EOM Out of the Blue

EP: 3.Some Practices That Did Not Do OCM Are Applying

EP: 4.Seven Tumor Types: Pros and Cons

EP: 5.A Model That Is Built to “Win”

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EP: 6.Addressing Health Equity and Social Needs

EP: 7.Is Five Years Long Enough?

EP: 8.Changes to MEOS and Barriers to Entry

EP: 9.Small Practices and Dual Risk: Considerations and Approaches

EP: 10.Does Pooling Make Sense?

EP: 11.What Would You Change About the EOM?

The Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM) asks participating practices to track data on social determinants of health, and as moderator Stuart Staggs, MSIE, of The US Oncology Network stated, "As you know more things you want to do more things." Kashyap Patel, MD, described an initiative he launched at his practice, Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates. Building partnerships in the community is not easy and takes time while the need to care for patients is ongoing. Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, chief medical officer, Tennessee Oncology, said the process will formalize existing structures.