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Cancer Care Crisis: Illinois CancerCare Experts Discuss CMS Restrictions Impacting Rural Patients With Cancer

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Brooke McCormick

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, experts from Illinois CancerCare discuss CMS regulations limiting the access of rural patients with cancer to medically integrated pharmacies.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Illinois CancerCare's Pankaj Kumar, MD, and Stephanie Parker, PharmD, 2 authors of a commentary published in the May 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Their commentary, "Access Denied: CMS’ Action Hurts Patients With Cancer in Rural America," discusses how recent CMS rules restricted the access of rural patients with cancer to medically integrated pharmacies, emphasizing the need for regulatory change.

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