December 29, 2008: New Model of Care Is Needed, Experts Say
American medicine is already in a crisis mode when it comes to geriatric care, and the problem will only become worse unless new approaches are found, experts say. Read More...

December 24, 2008: 2009 PQRI Program Updates Released by CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the detailed specifications for the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) measures and the 2009 PQRI measures groups. Read More...

December 22, 2008: CBO Releases Sweeping Recommendations on Healthcare Reform
Click here to download a copy of the document that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has just released on its recommendations for reforming the healthcare system.  Click here to download a companion piece, Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals.


December 16, 2008: 1st Qtr. 2009 Medicare ASP Drug Reimbursement Rates Released
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December 11, 2008: Daschle Will Oversee Health Reform Office
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will pull double duty in the Obama administration, where he will serve not only as the Health and Human Services secretary but also oversee a new White House Office of Health Reform. Read More...

Reach Out to Your Members of Congress on Prompt Pay Issue
The cancer community is asking the congressional leadership to include the prompt pay solution in the stimulus bill that Congress may pass. Click Here to learn more and how you can help. Read More...

Senate Finance Chairman Unveils Sweeping Healthcare Reform
The Call to Action whitepaper just released by Senator Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is a must read for anyone involved in healthcare. Click here to download a copy of the document.

Register for Community Oncology Conference, February 5-7, 2009!
The 4th annual Community Oncology Conference is moving to Scottsdale, Arizona next year. Click here to learn more about this unique gathering of community oncology practices from around the country. Read More...

Download Bobbi Buell’s ESA Billing and Coding Review Presentation
COA conducted a live web cast presentation on ESA billing and coding in conjunction with Amgen and Ortho Biotech.   Click here to download the slides presented by Bobbi Buell from the COA Administrators' Network.

January 2, 2009: Pfizer Project Looks at Side Effects
Drug maker Pfizer Inc. is joining with two Boston hospitals to test whether computerized patient records can be used in helping federal regulators detect dangerous drug side effects. Read More...

January 2, 2009: Mr. Bush’s Health Care Legacy
This page has criticized the Bush administration’s weak performance on many important health care matters: its failure to address the problem of millions of uninsured Americans or stem the rising costs of health care, its refusal to expand eligibility for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, its devious maneuvers to cut Medicaid spending, its support of unjustified subsidies for private health plans, to name a few. Read More...

December 29, 2008: Singer Eartha Kitt dies aged 81 from cancer
US singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died at the aged 81 after suffering from colon cancer. Read More...

December 29, 2008: Little Town Beseeches Obama’s Health Chief
Former Senator Tom Daschle, whom President-elect Barack Obama has called the “lead architect” of the new administration’s efforts to expand health insurance and rein in medical costs, attended a community meeting Monday where he got an earful about expenses that were too high and coverage that was too little. Read More...

December 28, 2008: Time fleeting for '09 Medicare enrollment
Time is running out for Alabama seniors to choose or alter their Medicare prescription drug insurance for the upcoming year. Read More...

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