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The State of Cancer Care in America: Advances and Challenges
By
Alice Goodman
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
April 2015, Vol 6, No 3
The recently released American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual report, “The State of Cancer Care in America, 2015,” is a mixed bag: the report cites multiple advances in the progress against cancer, but also elaborates on the many hurdles in implementing state-of-the-art cancer care for all Americans.
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ASCO’s Annual Report: Major Advances in Oncology and the Challenge of Value-Based Care
By
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Health Policy
,
Value-Based Care
,
Policies & Guidelines
April 2015, Vol 6, No 3
Significant gains in cancer research and prevention have led to longer survival, improved quality of life, and decreased disease burden. The 2015 annual report on “Clinical Cancer Advances” from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) outlines the biggest advances made in oncology, and for the first time designates one cancer as the Advance of the Year, as well as emphasizing the ongoing challenge of value-based care.
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High-Quality Cancer Care Focus of ASCO’s Medicaid Reform Recommendations
By
Rosemary Frei, MSc
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
March 2015, Vol 6, No 2
Late last year, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) issued a policy statement on Medicaid reform, with recommendations on ensuring quality of care for all patients with cancer, including the underserved population, while also improving provider reimbursement to ensure value-based care. ASCO’s poicy statement advocates for the expansion of Medicaid coverage to all Americans with cancer, an increase in Medicaid payment rates to reach those of Medicare, and a greater emphasis on rewarding providers for the delivery of quality care.
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HHS Relaxes Electronic Health Record Certification Criteria
By
Rosemary Frei, MSc
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
October 2014, Vol 5 , No 8
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has responded to the chorus of voices calling for less complex rules governing electronic health records (EHRs) by not adopting the Voluntary 2015 Edition Electronic Health Record Certification Criteria.
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Medicare Coverage Not Aligned with Preferences of Patients with Cancer, Caregivers
By
Rosemary Frei, MSc
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
October 2014, Vol 5 , No 8
A survey of patients with cancer and caregivers about the benefits they would like Medicare to cover in their last 6 months of life uncovered large gaps with the benefits that Medicare currently offers (Taylor DH Jr, et al.
J Clin Oncol
. 2014;32:3163-3168).
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Smoking Still a Major Cause of Cancer Death: A Call to Action on Tobacco Control
By
Charles Bankhead
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
June 2014, Vol 5, No 5
San Diego, CA—Tobacco researchers and regulators lauded progress in tobacco control, but they emphasized that the health burden of tobacco use continues, reflecting the expanding list of diseases caused or exacerbated by tobacco.
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Up Next for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: Cancer
By
Ross D. Margulies, JD, MPH
;
Jayson Slotnik, JD, MPH
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
May 2014, Vol 5, No 4
In passing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, Congress had as one of its central goals the creation of new, innovative ways of paying for and delivering healthcare services. With this goal in mind, the ACA established the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), which is tasked with developing new payment and service delivery models to “demo” and, if successful, to eventually roll out nationwide.
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Recent HHS Reports Highlight Need to Address Drug Shortages
By
James Cohen, JD
;
Michael Ryan, JD
;
John Warren, JD
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
May 2014, Vol 5, No 4
In recent years, an increasing number of drug shortages have threatened public health by reducing—if not eliminating—patient access to critical pharmaceuticals.
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Yet Another Blow to the Medicaid Expansion
By
Igor Gorlach, JD, MPH
;
Ross D. Margulies, JD, MPH
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
September 2013, Vol 4, No 7
The Affordable Care Act extends and simplifies Medicaid eligibility beginning January 1, 2014, by replacing Medicaid’s previous multiple categorical groupings and limitations with one simplified overarching rule: all individuals aged <65 years with incomes less than 138% of the federal poverty level ($15,415 for an individual or $26,344 for a family of 3 in 2012) who meet citizenship/lawful US status and state residency requirements are entitled to Medicaid benefits.
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Implications for Oncology after Supreme Court Ruling that Genes Cannot Be Patented
By
Rosemary Frei, MSc
Health Policy
,
Policies & Guidelines
July 2013, Vol 4, No 6
The US Supreme Court’s ruling on June 13 in the case of the
Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics
will have significant implications for the future of cancer testing, molecular diagnostics, and treatment.
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