Healthcare Finance News June 27, 2022
Participating oncology practices can expect to provide patient-focused Enhanced Services, such as 24/7 access to a clinician.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has designed a new model aimed at improving cancer care for Medicare patients through enhanced services such as patient navigation, care planning and the collection of electronic patient-reported outcomes.
The new Enhanced Oncology Model will support and learn from cancer patients, caregivers and cancer survivors. It will also address inequities by screening for social needs that may affect treatment, such as transportation and nutrition.
It was designed to test how to improve healthcare providers’ ability to deliver care centered on patients, consider patients’ unique needs and deliver cancer care in a way that will generate the...