News and Events
Cancer Clinics of Excellence Fall Meeting and Clinical Retreat
Save the Date - May 3 -5, 2012 Fort Lauderdale, FL
Making Genomics Routine in Cancer Care http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37993/?p1=A3MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW JULY - Researchers are developing more and more genetic tests for specific cancers, but doctors don't use them as often as they should—a new network of clinics aims to change that.
The SGR by any other name…
David H. Henry, MD, FACP, Editor-in-Chief
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Congress might finally get serious about altering the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, if comments from a House subcommittee hearing earlier this month are anything to go by. The SGR concept worked well when times were good, but it is not geared to accommodate the complexities of today’s oncology care nor weather current economic challenges. The SGR needs to be repealed, says Dr. Henry, and the fee-for-service payment system reformed so that practices that provide quality guideline-based and outcomes-driven oncology care will receive appropriate and better reimbursement.
Delivering the right care to the right patient at the right time
The West Clinic, Memphis, TN
Quality measurement, collaboration, consolidation, and the oncology patient-centered medical home were important themes during this year’s Community Oncology Conference in Las Vegas. These fundamental shifts in how we practice, together with encouraging advances in cancer therapies, management, and prevention, are integral to delivering quality, cost-effective care in a compassionate environment.