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Week in Review: COA Conference Coverage and CAR-T Reimbursement
Perspectives
Creating Value in Cancer Care Through Standardized Metrics and Partnerships Between Patient Navigators and Physicians
While providers and care systems can agree that effective patient navigation programs are essential to positive patient outcomes, there have been no standard metrics that could be used to measure the success of navigation programs and establish benchmarks for improvement.
Conference Coverage
Community Oncology Alliance Annual Conference
Catch up on some of the most important sessions from the meeting, including "From Clinical Use to Reimbursement: An Update on Biosimilars in the US" and "Opioid Epidemic, 340B Drug Discount Program Substantially Impacts Patients, Community Oncology Practices."
Guideline Updates
NCCN Updates Treatment Guidelines for Hodgkin Lymphoma
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has issued updates to the primary and second-line therapy options for the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma.
Commentary
CAR-T Reimbursement Levels Set by CMS, So Where Should Patients Be Treated?
Will payers push for services to be provided on an outpatient basis, thus placing financial burden upon the patient, or will they allow the oncologist or facility to use their discretion as to where the infusion will take place?
News
Cancer Cost Planning Should Account for Younger Patients
A new study compared medical care cost estimates of different cancer types for patients aged at least 18 years and provided important evidence about the cost of cancer care across the age spectrum.
