Healthcare Innovation June 27, 2022
Enhancing Oncology Model participants will provide services such as patient navigation, care planning, collection of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs), and screening for social needs
The Oncology Care Model (OCM), an alternative payment model the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched in 2016, is coming to an end on June 30, 2022. As a follow-up, CMS has announced the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM) to build on some lessons learned in the OCM and to add an equity focus.EOM is a voluntary model that will run for five years, from July 2023 through June 2028. Model participants will include oncology practices that treat people with Medicare undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, chronic leukemia, lung cancer, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, and...