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Meeting Cancer Reporting Requirements

Cancer is not just a diagnosis between a patient and physician. In this podcast Jeremy Laws, Operations Supervisor at the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System, explains that a cancer diagnosis triggers state-by-state...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Positioning for Value-Based Cancer Care

The past 20 years have brought tremendous progress in cancer outcomes with improved screening and new treatments. But with these innovations and our country’s aging population, escalating care costs and quality variation...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - March 2022

Whatever your political leanings, you have to appreciate President Biden's deep personal and tragic connection to the No. 2 killer of Americans, cancer. The disease killed his oldest adult son in the prime of his life, right...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Accessing Out-of-Network Cancer Care: Policy Challenges & Solutions - September 2nd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

In a New Webinar, Manatt and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Share the Obstacles Cancer Patients Face to Receiving Proper Treatment—and the Policies States and Plans Can Implement to Improve Network Adequacy and Access. ...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Accessing Out-of-Network Subspecialty Cancer Care in Marketplace Plans - Key Findings From a Scan of Four States

Blood cancer takes a demanding physical, mental and emotional toll on the 1.3 million patients living with this disease in the U.S. Many blood cancer patients also face the daunting task of managing their own care—obtaining...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

AI Predicts Aggressiveness of Early Stage Breast Cancer

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Approximately 20% of new breast cancers are diagnosed before they have spread from milk ducts into surrounding breast tissue. Breast cancer at this early stage is known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or stage 0 breast...more

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CMS’s Finalized Radiation Oncology Model Changes Payments for Radiation Therapy

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On September 18, 2020, under the authority of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS finalized the new Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (Model), with a new payment methodology for radiation therapy...more

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Day 2 Notes at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

The Big Cost; Cancer is the Answer; and SDOH Evolves - The Big Cost: You’re okay today, and then tomorrow you’re not. Life has changed and there’s a new reality. Whether it’s an acute event – an accident, a heart attack, a...more

The Volkov Law Group

Department of Justice Brings Criminal Charges Against 35 Individuals for Involvement in $2.1 Billion in Fraudulent Genetic Testing...

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The Justice Department, in coordination with HHS-OIG and the FBI recently announced the arrest and prosecution of 35 individuals for a massive genetic testing fraud scheme involving dozens of telemedicine companies and cancer...more

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FDA Issues Warning for Robotically Assisted Mastectomies and Other Cancer Surgeries

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety warning regarding the use of robotically assisted surgical devices for mastectomies and other cancer surgeries, asserting that "the safety and effectiveness of...more

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Day 1 Notes on the 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Please Don’t Poke the Baby – Sharing a best practice and talking about taking a local hospital learning and turning it into a systemwide approach, Mark Harrison of Intermountain Healthcare shared the fact that taking fewer...more

Alston & Bird

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued voluntary guidelines entitled, “CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United...more

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Precision Medicine - Even Medicare Will Pay for It!

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President Barack Obama announced in his 2015 State of the Union address that he was introducing a new Precision Medicine Initiative, supported with over $200 million in the proposed 2016 federal budget. "Precision Medicine"...more

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Northwestern University Settles Cancer Research False Claims Act Lawsuit

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On July 30, 2013, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced that Northwestern University entered a settlement agreement to pay the United States $2.9 million to settle False Claims...more

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