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Demonstrating the Value, Safety, and Feasibility of Telehealth in Clinical Trials
Project Description The use of telehealth increased rapidly and dramatically as a form of healthcare delivery at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has created opportunities to reexamine…
First Intervention on Financial Toxicity in Gynecologic Oncology
Project Description Gynecologic cancers are the third most common cancer in the United States. While advances such as multi-modal therapeutics have had a positive impact on care and overall…
Pioneering Radiation Oncology Episode Payment
Project Description Whereas payment for radiotherapy treatment has historically been fee-for-service, Penn Medicine has pioneered episode-based payment: bundling payments for radiation services within a defined period of care as…
Impact of Insurance Coverage on Clinical Trial Enrollment
Project Description Cancer clinical trials have vital benefits: evaluating the safety of new therapies, establishing new standards of care, and, in some cases, prolonging patients’ lives. However, members of…
IMPACT: Improving Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
Project Description Lazarex Cancer Foundation established a pilot financial reimbursement program in 2013 aiming to remove financial barriers to clinical trial participation for patients with cancer. There was a…
Characteristics of Physicians Participating in Medicare’s Oncology Care Model Bundled Payment Program
Project Description The Oncology Care Model (OCM) is Medicare’s first bundled payment program for patients with cancer. PC3I Researchers examined baseline characteristics of OCM physician participants and markets with…
Hospital Type and Utilization, Prices, and Financial Burden of Cancer Surgeries in the United States
Project Description In this initiative, PC3I researchers examined the relationship between hospital types and utilization, prices and financial burden, and spending for major cancer surgeries among privately insured patients…
Innovating Payment for Radiation Therapy While Improving Quality of Care
Project Description Since 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has explored ways to test an episode-based payment models for primary and specialist health care services. One…