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Farouk Dako
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute (LDI) Farouk Dako, MD, MPH is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I), an Assistant Professor of Radiology in…
Surbhi Grover
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Botswana Surbhi Grover, MD, MPH is the Director of the Program in Global Cancer Innovation at the…
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…
RadComp: Radiotherapy Comparative Effectiveness
Project Description Nearly 3 million women are living with breast cancer in the United States. Radiotherapy plays a major curative role in the treatment of breast cancers. Because of…
Direct and Spillover Impact of Utilization Management Policy on Uptake of Hypofractionated Radiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Project Description Breast cancer accounts for the largest portion of cancer-related spending in the United States. Prior work has shown that while hypofractionated radiation following breast conservation surgery is…
Comparative Effectiveness of Proton Therapy Versus Photon Therapy as Part of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer
Project Description The use of concurrent chemoradiotherapies is a standard curative treatment for many cancers but is associated with substantial morbidity including hospitalizations during treatment. PC3I researchers conducted a…
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…
Samuel Takvorian
Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine Samuel Takvorian, MD, MSHP, is the Deputy Director and an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care…
Katharine Rendle
Associate Director, Mixed Methods Research Lab Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine Katharine A. Rendle, PhD, MSW, MPH, is Director at the Penn…