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Read the latest news that impacts the oncology community.
- Published On: May 2nd, 2024
The Journal of Clinical Pathways spoke with Julia Morton, senior vice president and general manager at Flatiron Health, at the 2024 Community Oncology Conference about how recent developments in technology have impacted point-of-care solutions in community oncology.
- Published On: May 2nd, 2024
FORT MYERS, Fla., April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC (FCS) President & Managing Physician Lucio N. Gordan, MD will serve as a panelist at the 2024 Oncology Fellows & Faculty Forum in Miami, sponsored by PrecisCa and the Community Oncology Alliance (COA). Dr. Gordan will participate with oncology physician executives for the Oncology Leaders in Business and Practice panel discussion.
- Published On: May 2nd, 2024
Sen. Linda Ujifusa is taking aim at the high cost of prescription drugs with two bills that protect Rhode Island patients and taxpayers from the harmful activities of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), private corporations that work on behalf of insurers and make enormous revenues in the complex, nontransparent system that gets drugs from manufacturers to patients.
- Published On: May 2nd, 2024
In February, the attorneys general of several states. including Andrea Campbell in Massachusetts, appealed to federal lawmakers asking them to reform the way pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to operate. The request makes sense.
- Published On: May 2nd, 2024
FORT MYERS, Fla., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a case study released today by Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC, community oncology practices emerge as the preferred site of service for cancer treatment, challenging the traditional dominance of hospitals and academic centers.
- Published On: May 1st, 2024
Declining reimbursements from manufacturers and challenges associated with pharmacy benefit mangers (PBMs) are “starting to cripple certain community oncology practices,” explains Kirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, director of pharmacy for Minnesota Oncology.
- Published On: May 1st, 2024
When a cyberattack on Change Healthcare paralyzed much of the US healthcare system, some lawmakers saw it as proof its parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., was too big.
- Published On: May 1st, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 30, 2024 – The Zangmeister Cancer Center, a partner practice of American Oncology Network (AON) (Nasdaq: AONC), announced the launch of a local CPAN Chapter to support cancer patients and survivors and patient advocacy efforts.
- Published On: May 1st, 2024
Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening use at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) was substantially lower than that seen in overall general populations, according to results from a national cross-sectional study.
- Published On: May 1st, 2024
By February of 2022, Ella, a 25-year-old behavioral interventionist in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sick with strep-like symptoms for the third time in 3 months. She didn't bother to call her doctor.