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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), the Association of Freestanding Radiation Oncology Centers (AFROC) and the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) today united to preserve access for thousands of patients stricken with cancer to life-saving cancer radiation treatments. LUGPA, AFROC and COA submitted commentary to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressing the drastic effect reimbursement cuts to...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and fostering community cancer care, announced today that Dr. Barbara McAneny, a COA board member, chief executive officer of New Mexico Cancer Center, and Innovative Business Solutions have been awarded the Health Care Innovation Awards (HCIA) funding opportunity from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). This $19 million grant...

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and fostering community cancer care, announced that the Oncology Medical Home (OMH) Steering Committee has reached a significant benchmark in the development of the OMH model for cancer care. A list of sixteen quality, value and outcome measures has been approved as a result of the coordinated work by a cross-section of 18 cancer care stakeholders...

Kindred Healthcare CEO Stresses Key Linkage Between Innovation and SNF Sector Stability WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care praised the U.S. Senate Finance Committee for holding today's hearing on health care delivery innovation, and said the testimony by Kindred Healthcare CEO, Paul Diaz, was highly pertinent because he emphasized that ongoing post-acute care innovations that help achieve Medicare spending efficiencies and...

- Detailed examination of Medicare claims data reveals opportunities for improving efficiency, reducing costs through clinically appropriate home healthcare - WASHINGTON, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (the Alliance) today released research revealing that when home healthcare is used as the first setting for post acute-care, Medicare spends less on average. The research presents MS-DRG 470 (major joint replacement) as...

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and fostering community cancer care, today released a new report (http://tiny.cc/9gw8bw) documenting cancer clinic closings and the stresses to the cancer delivery system. This latest report comes on the heels of studies released by Avalere and Milliman documenting lower costs to patients and payers of cancer treatment provided in community clinics and...

Medicare Cuts Include Psychotherapy Payment Reduction WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medicare recipients currently receiving mental health outpatient services stand to be affected by the payroll tax legislation passed by Congress today. As a result of the new law, which President Obama is expected to sign, payment for Medicare outpatient psychotherapy services will be cut by five-percent beginning March 1. "Some of the most vulnerable in our country will...

Advocates Encourage Passage of SB 450, HB 1273 to Provide Equality in Coverage for Orally Administered Chemotherapy Drugs RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing the significant quality of life benefits that oral chemotherapy drugs can provide over intravenously (IV) administered chemotherapy, Virginia's cancer community, patient advocacy representatives and patients themselves called on the General Assembly today to pass key legislation this year to ensure...

DUBLIN, Ohio, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medical Oncology Association of Southern California (MOASC) and Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions recently signed an agreement to work together to expand use of clinical pathways to improve the quality and costs of cancer care in Southern California. Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions provides clinical, reimbursement and distribution services to help health care professionals, payors and pharmaceutical and biotech companies deliver quality,...

Congressional Letter to Committee Explains How Proposed Funding Cut to Cancer-Fighting Drugs Would Hinder Patient Access to Life-Saving Treatment, Lead to Significant Cancer Clinic Closures and Clinician Job Losses in Community Setting WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading patient advocacy organizations, cancer care provider groups and health care professional associations praised a Congressional letter sent today to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit...