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As community-based oncology practices have faced continued cutbacks in reimbursements under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act and now through sequestration, many have had to close satellite sites, cut back on their supportive services, join networks – where possible – or hospitals or health systems, and scramble to engage payers in rethinking payment models. They have done so not only to cover their costs for the technological outlay, staffing, and other overheads necessary for them to provide quality oncology care, but also to ensure competitive compensation packages for their teams of highly trained, specialized physicians, midlevel practitioners, and nursing and administrative staff…
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As community-based oncology practices have faced continued cutbacks in reimbursements under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act and now through sequestration, many have had to close satellite sites, cut back on their supportive services, join networks – where possible – or hospitals or health systems, and scramble to engage payers in rethinking payment models. They have done so not only to cover their costs for the technological outlay, staffing, and other overheads necessary for them to provide quality oncology care, but also to ensure competitive compensation packages for their teams of highly trained, specialized physicians, midlevel practitioners, and nursing and administrative staff…
*Click on the link to the left for a PDF of the full article.
As community-based oncology practices have faced continued cutbacks in reimbursements under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act and now through sequestration, many have had to close satellite sites, cut back on their supportive services, join networks – where possible – or hospitals or health systems, and scramble to engage payers in rethinking payment models. They have done so not only to cover their costs for the technological outlay, staffing, and other overheads necessary for them to provide quality oncology care, but also to ensure competitive compensation packages for their teams of highly trained, specialized physicians, midlevel practitioners, and nursing and administrative staff…
*Click on the link to the left for a PDF of the full article.