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Implications of the Budget Deal & the President’s FY2019 Budget for Oncology After another brief government shutdown, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 on Friday, February 9. Healthcare provisions embedded within this legislation will have an important impact on clinicians and patients. Of note, the two-year budget deal raises budget caps by $300 billion, funds the federal government …
The February decision by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to build its first specialty care model around oncology is an important indication of the agency’s focus on how to contain costs in cancer care.
As the U.S. healthcare system undergoes transformative change, cancer programs will require a multifaceted administrative leader to ensure that the program thrives and maintains an acceptable ROI on the significant investments required to deliver quality patient-centered care.
In 2016, we saw the Obama Administration finalize regulations around sweeping physician payment reform in Medicare, oncology practices nationwide navigate the first year of the Oncology Care Model (OCM), policymakers try—and fail—to push through drug pricing reform with a national mandatory demonstration program, the 21st Century Cures Act signed into law, and the drug pricing debate hit a fever …
On Friday, October 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule on the MACRA Quality Payment Program (QPP), solidifying transformational changes in the way physicians will be reimbursed for Medicare Part B services.
Since 1992, Medicare has paid for the services of physicians, non-physician practitioners, and certain other suppliers under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS).
Rockville, Md. – ACCC applauds the 92 Senators and 392 House members who voted “yes” on H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. This bipartisan, bicameral compromise took remarkable leadership on both sides of the aisle and finally provides physicians with the predictable, appropriate payments they need to continue to provide high-quality cancer care. "Last night’s historic …