Medicare Delays New Outpatient Payment System

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OncologyONCOLOGY Vol 16 No 2
Volume 16
Issue 2

Outpatient cancer clinics received a 3-month reprieve before Medicare institutes its new prospective payment system, which is expected to result in a big drop in reimbursement for some newer cancer drugs.

Outpatient cancer clinics received a 3-month reprievebefore Medicare institutes its new prospective payment system, which is expectedto result in a big drop in reimbursement for some newer cancer drugs. 

TheCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expected the new rates tobecome effective on January 1, 2002. The Association of Community Cancer Centershad been pressing for the delay and for a revamping of the formula Medicare usedto determine new payments for some cancer drugs.

Articles in this issue
Surgeon General Links Obesity to Cancer
Medicare Delays New Outpatient Payment System
New Report on Nation’s Progress Against Cancer Released
Atlas of Breast Cancer, Second Edition
Subcutaneous Amifostine May Be as Effective as Intravenous Administration
Newly Designated NCI Director Roundly Applauded by Cancer Community
Stress Accelerates AIDS Progression, Undermines the Effect of Therapy
Association of Community Cancer Centers Launches New Public Policy Website
Radioimmunotherapy Improves Response in Chemotherapy-Refractory NHL
Novel Chemoradiation Regimen Improves Outlook in Early-Stage Hodgkin’s Disease
Ineffective Cancer Pain Management Analyzed
Cancer Vaccines and Immunotherapy
Commentary (Gilbert): Carcinomatous Meningitis: It Does Not Have to Be a Death Sentence
Clinical Trials and NCI Resources for Cancer in HIV-Positive Patients
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