Managed Healthcare Executive January 12, 2022
But the future of value-based care in oncology is uncertain with no certain successor to the Oncology Care Model in sight.
The American Cancer Society estimated that by the end of 2021, 1.9 million new cancer cases will have been diagnosed and 608,570 cancer deaths will have occurred in the United States.
With many people worried about going to a doctor because of COVID-19, there is concern that a lack of cancer screenings may cause these numbers to rise in the years ahead. Paul Limburg, M.D., chief medical officer for screening at Exact Sciences and a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, Minnesota, expects that a big focus this year will be identifying...