Value Peer-spectives

Chicago, IL—The rising costs of cancer drugs and medical services, along with increased copays and high deductibles for patients, are adding a serious financial hardship to patients diagnosed with cancer, according to Neal J. Meropol, MD, Associate Director, Clinical Programs, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Medicare now provides coverage for the only FDA-approved noninvasive stool DNA screening test for colorectal cancer (CRC), after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final National Coverage Determination in October.

Boston, MA—Across the country, many hospitals have begun to use web-based patient portals in their healthcare delivery, but are these portals improving care?

Value Propositions from the August 2014 issue of Value-Based Cancer Care.