August 2016 | Oncology Business News®

September 08, 2016

Higher insurance premiums, deductibles, and co-pays, along with the increased cost of cancer care, have made it more complicated to find aid.

August 20, 2016

Despite the anxiety and a few tears, Pontchartrain Cancer Center made the conscious decision to "buy in" to the concept and worked as a group to prepare for and implement electronic health records.

August 14, 2016

We consider what we do to patients through prescription or procedure as a potential source of harm, followed less so by our behavior, when we fail to be caring or courteous.

August 13, 2016

The right technology can make a wonderful difference, but what if everybody has it? Such is the case with patient assistance-funding software, the use of which is now becoming widespread.

August 12, 2016

Multiple resources are available to help community oncologists maintain success by increasing awareness of their practice, providing the most innovative treatments to their patients, and preparing for the future of oncology care.

August 10, 2016

With increased competition, the challenge in-office dispensing practices now face is to prove the value of what they do.

August 08, 2016

Oncology practices are facing a new deadline. When October 1 arrives, they will have to start coding with greater specificity and also get used to many new codes that CMS is going to activate.

August 07, 2016

New Mexico Cancer Center has a proud record of innovation—its managing partner helped create the Community Oncology Medical Home model in 2012—but the Albuquerque-based practice has still spent much of the past five years fighting to maintain its independence.

August 02, 2016

Blase Polite, MD, discusses the ramifications of CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt's remarks and lingering concerns about MACRA.

July 19, 2016

Television garners the most advertising dollars from cancer centers, but print and Internet media have seen threefold increases in cancer ads,

July 19, 2016

Ron Kline, MD, explains that there are bound to be technical difficulties with an ambitious program such as the Oncology Care Model.