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In January 2022, ACCC co-sponsored Health Care Value Week, a series of virtual events with top Administration officials from CMS to support the advancement of value-based care. By highlighting the success stories of value-based payment models and addressing the need to further eliminate barriers to care for marginalized groups, the event discussed next steps in providing more equitable, …

The mantra of “moving from volume to value” is ubiquitous in healthcare today. So what do cancer programs need to know about evolving value frameworks in oncology? Attendees at the ACCC 43rd Annual Meeting, CANCERSCAPE, in Washington, D.C., heard real-time updates on two of the leading frameworks—ASCO’s work-in-progress Value Framework and NCCN’s Evidence Blocks™. Both value frameworks aim to be …

As researchers and clinicians continue to advance our understanding of the genomic and molecular underpinnings of an increasing number of cancers, oncology finds itself at the “perfect intersection of precision medicine and genomics and concerns about cost,” says Kavita Patel, MD, MS, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a primary care physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine. On March 3 at …