Institutional Practices for Charitable Medication Access for Uninsured Patients
Analysis of a patient sample enrolled in charitable care at an academic medical center revealed that chronic medications were variably filled at a significant cost.
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Health Equity Adjustments in Medicare HVBP Program Will Benefit Safety Net Hospitals, Study Says
March 29th 2024Medicare’s upcoming health equity adjustment in the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program will reduce disproportionate penalization among safety net hospitals and those serving high proportions of Black patients, according to a recent study.
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Dr Al Benson on Reimbursement for Supportive Care When Treating Patients With Cancer
March 22nd 2024Al Benson, MD, FACP, FACCC, FASCO, medical oncologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and associate director of the Robert E. Tillery Comprehensive Cancer Center, discussed findings from a national survey assessing barriers to comprehensive cancer care delivery.
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Factors Associated With Primary Care Physician Turnover in the VA
This longitudinal observational study found higher team satisfaction with workload to be significantly associated with lower primary care physician turnover.
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6 Blood Biomarkers Identified to Predict CVD Risk in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
March 15th 2024Baseline levels of serum amyloid A, C‐reactive protein, soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 1, adiponectin, YKL‐40, and osteoprotegerin could be used to predict a rise in arterial inflammation.
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Retaining Health Care Workers Starts With Insights on “How We Can Stop Breaking Them”
March 2nd 2024Friday's keynote speaker, Katherine A. Meese, PhD, addressed the conference theme of workforce support at the Association of Cancer Care Centers 50th Annual Meeting and Cancer Center Business Summit.
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What Are the Steps to Quality Improvement in Cancer Care?
February 29th 2024Quality Improvement (QI) projects require a series of distinct steps and timely data collection that will allow clinics to see if changes are yielding results, a consultant told attendees at a preconference workshop at ACCC.
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Kathy Oubre on Strategies to Mitigate Challenges When Adopting New Payment Models
February 23rd 2024While adopting new payment models can come with challenges, there are strategies that can help oncology practices optimize their approaches, said Kathy Oubre, MS, CEO of Pontchartrain Cancer Center.
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This analysis of Medicare data examines the relationships between fragmented readmission, health information exchange, and repeat imaging in older adults with and without Alzheimer disease.
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Impact of a Pharmacist-Managed TOC Clinic on Diabetes Outcomes Following Hospitalization
January 27th 2024While the clinic did not significantly reduce hospital readmission rates for patients with diabetes, it was able to decrease the time to follow-up and improve long-term diabetes outcomes following hospitalization.
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Female Patients Less Likely to Receive Guideline-Directed HFrEF Therapies vs Males
January 25th 2024A recent study found that use of optimal guideline-directed medical therapies after heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) diagnosis is low overall, but especially among female patients compared with male patients.
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Dr Samyukta Mullangi Talks Cost Reductions, Scalability of Thyme Care's Navigation Program
January 22nd 2024The Thyme Care virtual navigation program demonstrated a $594 reduction in total costs per member per month for navigated cancer patients compared with a control group, emphasizing the scalability of the independent virtual navigation model across various contracts, with opportunities to adapt to different populations and needs in the evolving landscape of value-based care arrangements.
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Study Highlights Treatment Patterns, Costs for DLBCL Not Treated With Stem Cell Transplant
January 19th 2024Most patients in the cohort received rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone for first-line therapy; hospitalization was prevalent; and average medical and pharmacy costs were more than $140,000 per patient per year.
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Molly Mendenhall on Standardizing Comprehensive Biomarker Testing in NSCLC
January 18th 2024Molly Mendenhall, BSN, RN, director of quality and compliance at Oncology Hematology Care, Inc (OHC), discussed a 1-year quality improvement project implemented by OHC to standardize comprehensive biomarker testing in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Dr Kirollos Hanna Talks Chemotherapy Shortage Challenges and Solutions
January 15th 2024Especially during shortages, Kirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FACCC, director of pharmacy services at Minnesota Oncology, says practices should carve out areas where going to a different therapeutic approach isn't considered off-pathway.
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Study Explores Treatment Discontinuation Rates, Resource Utilization Among Patients With CLL/SLL
January 12th 2024A real-world study found that patients treated with Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors had lower rates of treatment discontinuation and health care resource utilization compared with other first- and second-line treatment regimens.
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Health Plan Design: Employers as the Architects of Health Equity
December 22nd 2023Employers, recognized as pivotal contributors to health equity, are urged to prioritize equitable benefits, address the complexity of health plans, and engage in education, data-driven interventions, and systematic measurements to comprehensively improve outcomes for diverse employee populations.
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Advanced Care at Home at Scale in an Integrated Health Care System
Advanced care at home (otherwise known as hospital at home) can be scaled and provide care for a sizable portion of a hospital’s inpatient census, creating hospital capacity in an integrated delivery system.
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AHIP Report Touts Medicare Advantage’s Quality Edge, but Hospital Concerns Persist
December 14th 2023A new report from AHIP shows that Medicare Advantage outperformed traditional Medicare on several clinical quality measures, including preventive screenings. However, debate continues over these plans’ cost efficiency and impact on the financial sustainability of rural hospitals.
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