07/03/2019

Important Oncology Related News

Patients, Doctors, Providers say Health Can't Wait!  Prior authorization red tape and step therapy delays care and treatment for Michigan Patients!

Michigan physicians, clinicians, and health care providers see it every day. They examine patients, and together form a plan of care, often including additional tests, prescription medicines, and treatments – before insurance companies step in with prior authorization and step therapy red tape to prevent patients from immediately accessing the care they need.

When insurance company bureaucracy gets between a physician and his or her patient, patients get sicker, health conditions worsen, and the cost of care skyrockets. That’s not right. Health can’t wait, and we’re doing something about it.

Health Can’t Wait is a coalition of patients, health care providers, and patient-support groups working together to put Michigan patients first by ending dangerous delays in patients’ access to health care caused by insurance company bureaucracy, including prior authorization red tape and step therapy requirements.

The coalition is being led by more than a dozen patient advocacy and health care organizations, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Susan G. Komen Michigan, The Michigan State Medical Society, MSHO and many, many more. 

You can learn more about the growing coalition, and its work online at HealthCantWait.org.

But we need your help!  Share your story on how prior authorizations have impacted the care of your patients. Please feel free to share this website with your patients and their families. We need everyone's voice!

Trump Issues Executive Order Increasing Transparency In Hospital Prices, Doctor Fees

(CNBC) June 24, 2019 - President Trump issued an executive order that would pressure insurers, doctors and other providers to disclose more information about health-care prices.  READ MORE

Webinar: Get to Know COA’s OCM 2.0 Model
Join COA on Friday, July 12 from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. ET

Earlier this month, the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) released the “OCM 2.0,” an innovative and ambitious reform model to improve quality, reduce costs, and provide important additional cancer care services to patients.
 
Not your typical alternative payment model (APM), the OCM 2.0 includes bold proposals for value-based drug contracts that, if implemented, would provide high-quality, coordinated oncology care at the same or lower cost. 
 
Join COA for a free webinar on Friday, July 12 from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. ET. COA staff will take a deeper dive into what the OCM 2.0 is, and is not, as well as COA’s vision for the future of cancer care. Time will be reserved for audience questions. Advanced registration is free and required. A post-webinar recording will be shared with all who register.

REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR!  CLICK HERE