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Barry Russo on How Community Oncology Practices Can Work Together and Learn From Each Other
April 11th 2019Community oncology practices need to come together as much as possible in order to respond to changes in the market, have a common voice, and to share best practices and learn from each other, said Barry Russo, chief executive officer of The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
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Dr Ray Page Explains How Artificial Intelligence Programs Can Help Identify High-Risk Patients
April 9th 2019As clinicians learn how to manage patients most efficiently under a value-based care of delivery, they need to identify patients and risk-stratify those patients, said Ray Page, DO, PhD, president and director of research at The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
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The revolution in cancer care isn’t just about the wave of life-saving therapies, or the role of genetics in pinpointing exactly who should get which drug and when. As Ray D. Page, DO, PhD, FACOI, tells it, change also means getting back to the basics, so that the relationship between doctor and patient drives care—not insurance companies or Medicare or rules from the FDA.
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Reducing Low-Value Care May Mean Tough Conversations With Stakeholders
March 14th 2019The concept of value is a well-known topic among health policy experts, the payer community, and policy makers, but patients do not necessarily have the same idea of what value means. When discussions about removing low-value care from the system to save money come up, patients might get the wrong idea of what is going on and why.
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New Statewide Pilot in Virginia Aims to Reduce Low-Value Care, Decrease Costs and Patient Harm
March 13th 2019The Virginia Center for Health Innovation (VCHI) is receiving a $2.2 million grant from Arnold Ventures to launch a 3-year statewide pilot to reduce the use of low-value care in the state of Virginia.
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Progressing From Identifying and Measuring to Reducing Low-Value Care Services
March 3rd 2019Low-value care that offers no benefit to patients, or can actually cause more harm than good, is costly to patients and the healthcare system. While low-value services are being identified and measured, it has been more difficult to reduce the use of low-value care.
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Revolutionizing US Healthcare With Consumer-Centered Care, Value-Based Insurance Design
February 8th 2019In a webinar presented by the Health Care Transformation Task Force, Hoangmai Pham, MD, MPH, of Anthem, and A. Mark Fendrick, MD, of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, highlighted how to steed the healthcare industry toward a more consumer-centered model based on value-based insurance design.
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Dr Sibel Blau: Independent Physicians Need a Voice in Transition to Value-Based Care
January 31st 2019All providers, regardless of where they work have a role in the shift to value-based care, but independent physicians need to have a voice in the transition, said Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncologist at Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC.
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Dr Sibel Blau Discusses the Role of the Quality Cancer Care Alliance
January 20th 2019As the first clinically integrated oncology network, the Quality Cancer Care Alliance (QCCA) brings together the best practices and shares knowledge on value-based care, said Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncologist at Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC.
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Dr Sibel Blau Explains What the Results of OCM Have Shown
December 31st 2018Results from the first 2 performance periods of the Oncology Care Model (OCM) highlighted areas where Northwest Medical Specialties was doing well and areas it could improve, said Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncologist at Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC.
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Dr Sibel Blau Discusses Physician, Staff Education Around OCM
December 17th 2018Implementing the Oncology Care Model required educating physicians and staff on a new way to do the work and why the changes were necessary under the new model, explained Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncologist at Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC.
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Dr Sibel Blau Outlines Changes to Her Practice to Prepare for OCM
December 6th 2018Years before the Oncology Care Model (OCM) was implemented, Northwest Medical Specialties started preparing by making changes to the personnel in the practice, explained Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncologist at Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC.
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Dr Sibel Blau on Data Sharing Within the Quality Cancer Care Alliance
November 16th 2018The practices in the Quality Cancer Care Alliance (QCCA) are able to share data to improve the quality of cancer care delivered to patients, explained Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncologist at Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC.
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Data and Collaboration Are Key for Value-Based Care Success
November 11th 2018Data and collaboration are necessary ingredients to succeed in the transition to value-based care models, and the money saved under these models will create room to pay for unconventional therapies and services in healthcare, according to panelists at The Institute for Value-Based Medicine meeting in Seattle, Washington.
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