The US health care system is rapidly adopting electronic health records, which will dramatically increase the quantity of clinical data that are available electronically.

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Oncology practices and hospitals across the nation struggle with providing sustainable, comprehensive, and coordinated cancer care.

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COA will have a thorough analysis of the physician fee schedule, including release of a model to assess the affect of the Medicare proposed rule on your practice, shortly.

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A move to value-based care is one of the most highly anticipated changes wrought by the Affordable Care Act, but it’s also one of the most poorly defined terms in health care today. That absence of value’s definition is one reason why value-based care still largely is on the drawing board.

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Although U.S. hospitals account for the single largest chunk of the nation's $2.7 trillion in health spending, few of them can say how much it actually costs them to care for every patient they admit.

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Another sizable and previously fast-growing Florida Medicare Advantage plan is about to disappear as a result of financial problems.

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The trend toward mergers and acquisitions continues nationwide, with some of the country's biggest systems entering into new agreements.

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QOPI evaluates the performance of 850 registered practices twice a year against more than 100 measured recommendations. Since its launch in 2006, there has been increased adherence to day-to-day practice measures, including the administration of adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer, colorectal cancer and NSCLC, as well as HER-2 and KRAS testing,

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Flatiron Health Is Sharing Its Information About 550,000 Cases With Doctors, Medical Facilities

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Chemotherapy bills—with the same doctor at the same clinic—are suddenly up. How hospitals and insurers are battling over the skyrocketing costs, with patients caught in the middle.

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See a great patient checklist here...

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Attachments

Cancer Insurance Checklist (PDF FILE)

Thanks for your hard work to date on fighting the sequestration cut to cancer care. Your collective efforts have been instrumental in helping generate much media attention and advocating Congress to act...

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House Health LAs (PDF FILE)

Find out who your Senate and House Legislative Aides are right here...

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A bipartisan cancer research measure was adopted as an amendment to the Senate defense bill, paving the way for its passage after nearly six years of work

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COA Past President Patrick Cobb and COA Executive Director Ted Okon have been on Capitol Hill with Dr. Mark Thompson talking about how to fix the drug shortages. In this article they talk about specific solutions to the crisis.

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Cancer drug shortages are adversely impacting patient care. Dr. Frame comments on his experience and calls on Congress to fix the crisis.

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COA President David Eagle, MD discusses the future of community oncology at recent conference.

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As part of the proposed debt ceiling cuts to Medicare and Medicaid is a $3 billion ratcheting down of Medicare drug reimbursement from ASP + 6% to ASP + 4%. This would have obvious devastating consequences to community oncology practices and their patients, already facing a growing list of ca...

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Synchronize those watches, pack those lunches and work on your dialing exercises. On Wednesday May 11, 2011, at: 12 noon Eastern Time 11:00 a.m. Central Time ...

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When hospitals do business deals that are perceived as a cover for buying physician referrals or stifling competition, they may find themselves in an epic battle with whistleblowers, empowered by the False Claims Act and often partnered with the Department of Justice

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