Strategies to Reduce Unnecessary Emergency Department Utilization Hear about what leading organizations are doing to increase patient access to care, educate patients about appropriate use of health services, and develop targeted programs for frequent users. In this...
Value-based Care
What you should know about the proposed Oncology Care First model
On November 1, CMS released an informal Request for Information (RFI) for their proposed Oncology Care First model. This proposed model is designed to be a successor to the Oncology Care Model (OCM), which is ending in 2021. As the comment period closes on December...
2020 Medicare physician fee schedule changes and value-based care
In early November 2019, CMS finalized their 2020 Medicare physician fee schedule rule. CMS has set in motion changes that will affect value-based care over the next several years. The final rule addresses future changes for MIPS, including the introduction of MIPS...
Personalized Medicine and Value-Based Care
How is personalized medicine impacting oncology? A panel at AJMC’s recent Patient-Centered Oncology Care Conference explored this topic. Payer, diagnostic, and advocacy representatives shared their perspectives in this discussion. What is personalized medicine? The...
Future of Oncology Advanced Payment Models
The shift to value What’s next for oncology advanced payment models? That was the topic one panel tackled at AJMC’s recent Patient Centered Oncology Care Conference. The panel represented the provider, payer, and technology perspectives. There was agreement that the...
Patient-Reported Outcomes and Value-Based Care
Scientific research demonstrates that clinicians miss approximately half of patients’ symptoms during cancer treatment. As a result, patients can suffer due to poor symptom control, treatments may be delayed or missed, and preventable emergency room visits and...
Keeping up with the rapidly changing landscape of cancer care
The American Journal of Managed Care recently hosted the Patient-Centered Oncology Care Conference in Philadelphia. The theme of this meeting was “Innovation and Quality: New Direction in Value-Based Care” and it was comprised of a full day of presentations from...
2019 ACCC National Oncology Conference Roundup
The ACCC 36th National Oncology Conference was attended by hundreds of cancer care professionals and thought leaders. Over three days, attendees and presenters shared insights, experiences, and strategies for improving cancer care. Navigating Cancer’s team spoke to...
Transformative Care Models
This session during the recent ACCC National Oncology Conference featured a look at new care models and practice transformations that have been prompted by value-based care and posed several questions for the audience to start the session. About half reported their...
Practice transformation in value-based cancer care
At the 2019 Association for Value-Based Cancer Care Summit this year, we sat in on this great panel called "Practice Transformation Embracing Clinical Decision Support Systems and Care Management Processes and Influence on Value Based Cancer Care." In this post we’ll...
Community oncology perspectives on value-based cancer care
At the 2019 Association for Value-Based Cancer Care Summit this year, we sat in on a great panel called "Community Oncology Perspectives on Value-based Cancer Care" that focused on community oncology practices. At Navigating Cancer we support community oncology...
HHS announces proposed changes to laws to support value-based care
This week the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed rules that would update and clarify regulations for the Stark Law and the anti-kickback statute. HHS has acknowledged the rules as they currently stand were developed in a fee-for-service...
Connect with Navigating Cancer this fall!
We are looking forward to a few upcoming events and would love to connect with you if you will be there too! Let us know! Association for Value-Based Cancer Care Summit Next week some of our team members are heading to the Association for Value-Based Cancer Care...
Improving Care with the Oncology Care Model
A recent blog from the American Journal of Managed Care called “Lessons From the Field: How Practices Are Succeeding Under OCM,” recapped a discussion from NCCN’s policy summit with 2 organizations working to succeed in the Oncology Care Model (OCM). OCM practices are...
Measuring Success in Value-Based Care
Recently Definitive Healthcare hosted a virtual panel for the second session of their panel series focused on measuring success in value-based care. Three panelists from healthcare technology organizations participated and brought their unique perspectives on...
The Emerging Challenges in Cancer Care
During a session at the recent Advisory Board Oncology Roundtable meeting, Stuart Clark, Managing Director, shared three emerging challenges for cancer care providers: value-based care, clinical innovations, and patient experience. Those likely don’t come as a...
AJMC’s Innovation and Quality in Oncology Care
AJMC’s Institute for Value Based Medicine recently hosted an event titled “Innovation and Quality in Oncology Care.” It featured several leaders in the transformation of oncology care who are changing the way cancer care is provided and improving patient experiences...
The COA Oncology Care Model 2.0 webinar
On Friday July 12, 2019, the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) held a webinar to review their proposed plan for the next iteration of the Oncology Care Model (OCM), OCM 2.0. Last month COA announced their full proposal for OCM 2.0, which was submitted to...
What is your practice doing to mitigate the nursing shortage?
We have heard from several of the practices we work with that they are working hard to figure out how to fill the nursing gaps they are facing. One practice told us they are trying to fill 45 open positions. While that may be an extreme example, the shortage is likely...
Artificial Intelligence and Community Oncology
The Community Oncology Conference recently featured a panel discussion of organizations piloting an artificial intelligence (AI) program. The discussion opened with John Frownfelter, the Chief Medical Information Officer at JVION, describing the challenges of cancer...
Catching up with Minnesota Oncology
Minnesota Oncology, a member of The US Oncology Network, has been participating in pay for performance programs over the past five years and are in the process of becoming certified as an oncology medical home. This large, innovative practice wanted to ensure they...
Journal of Oncology Practice Study: Symptom Management Reduces Cancer Care Costs
The Journal of Oncology Practice just published a study that examined triage incidents at two mid-sized community cancer care providers. Both practices use Navigating Cancer’s Patient Relationship Management platform to coordinate patient care, including triage and...
Do you have the process and tools in place for proactive symptom management?
As the leading oncology-specific Patient Relationship Management platform, we talk to cancer care providers on a regular basis to determine how we can best help them meet their goals. We are working to improve our existing tools and also look to the future and...
New study finds that symptom management pathways result in cost reductions
A study published in the Journal of Oncology Practice identifies tools to reduce costs The authors of the study, titled "Reducing Cancer Costs Through Symptom Management and Triage Pathways," analyzed data from two practices that utilize Navigating Cancer's Patient...
Value-based care: an update from Dr. Ray Page of Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
A recent event hosted by AJMC’s Institute for Value-based Medicine focused on advancing quality in oncology care, the speakers included Dr. Ray Page of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD) in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Page and his practice have led the way in...
24-hour support for cancer patients can make a huge difference, but is it feasible? One cancer center explains how they did it.
Our team recently returned from the Association of Community Cancer Centers’ National Oncology Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference’s sessions covered a wide range of topics, many familiar for practices who have been navigating the best path forward in...
Ambulatory Rapid Response Identified as Key Attribute for High Value Cancer Care
Still not sure about the most effective ways to deliver high quality cancer care while lowering costs at the same time? A recent study from the Stanford Cancer Institute published in JAMA Oncology titled, “Critical Lessons From High-Value Oncology Practices”...
For providers, the path forward in value-based cancer care is complicated. Here are three strategies to implement today.
So value-based cancer care has arrived. Even with added resources and funding, early participants in value-based programs like the Oncology Care Model are already facing the complexity of reducing the cost of cancer care. With so many factors contributing to the cost...
The Patient Relationship Management Difference
Over the past year Navigating Cancer has seen interest in our Patient Relationship Management platform (PRM) continue to grow at a rapid pace. Just this year we have added hundreds of providers and their care teams to the platform. They rely on our PRM to facilitate...
Clinic Spotlight: Cancer & Hematology Centers of Western Michigan
In order to succeed in value-based programs like the Oncology Care Model, Cancer & Hematology Centers of Western Michigan (CHCWM) was looking for a way to replace manual, labor intensive systems and redesign its triage process to help patients in a quicker, more...
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