Several items in the news this past week are of interest to NCCS. The article by Sabrina Tavernise in The New York Times reporting on Medicare’s draft decision to pay for lung cancer screenings for older, long-time smokers up to age 74 is likely to continue to spark some controversy. This proposal will be open […]
A recent Arizona Republic article, “Medical ‘self-referral’ practice raises conflict of interest questions”, exposes serious concerns about self-referral abuse in prostate cancer treatment in Phoenix and across the country. It tells a particularly troubling story about an elderly prostate cancer patient with poor vision whose urologist steered him unnecessarily to make long drives to the […]
This week, in an article by science and medicine reporter Matthew Herper titled “A Drug Regrew a Little Girl’s Missing Bones. How Much Should That Cost?” from Forbes caught our eye. Evie Elsaesser was born with a rare, life-threatening genetic disease causing low levels of hypophophatasia— a chemical important for bone hardening—in her blood. Although […]
On October 17th, NCCS Senior Health Policy Advisor Ellen Stovall will be presenting the patient perspective on overtreatment at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium in Boston. Ellen will be discussing the Choosing Wisely® campaign, an initiative of the ABIM Foundation intended to help physicians and patients engage in conversations to reduce overuse of tests and […]
We have a lot of bad incentives built into our system, says @sfuldnasso at #T3Cancer — ThinkWellPoint (@ThinkWellPoint) “We need truth telling so patients understand the full influences on their care” Shelley Fuld Nasso @CancerAdvocacy #T3Cancer — CancerSupportCm (@CancerSupportCm) We need to ask patients what’s important to them in order to match their goals & […]
Click here to view all of NCCS’ policy comments. Recently, NCCS submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on its proposed Oncology Care Model (OCM), an episode-based payment model that emphasizes care planning and coordination and cancer care system transformation. The OCM represents an important step forward in encouraging patient-centered cancer care, […]
Recently, NCCS joined colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in submitting comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, which governs payments to physicians for services provided to Medicare patients. NCCS and the CLC have applauded efforts by CMS to strengthen care planning and coordination through […]
Several articles caught our eye this week about the complexities of our reimbursement system and the lack of incentives in our current system for the kind of care patients value and need – time with their physicians and help in coordinating their care among providers in a fragmented system. Coordinating care for people with cancer and […]
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