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How the Sequester Cuts Are Harming Oncology
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Writing in the May issue of ONCOLOGY, David Eagle, MD and Michael Diaz, MD lampoon CMS for budget cuts that affect the care of cancer patients:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has applied the sequestration cuts to oncology in a drastic manner that grossly amplifies the magnitude of an already-problematic 2% cut. While CMS claims it is "unaware of any authority" to exempt cancer drugs from the sequester cuts, it is likely that the agency could have mitigated the impact. CMS used its discretion to apply the 2% sequester cut to the entire amount that oncology clinics are reimbursed for drugs. This is despite specific guidance from the Office and Management and Budget (OMB) to "use any available flexibility to reduce operational risks and minimize impacts on the agency's core mission in service of the American people. . . "
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Florida State Surgeon General Re-Appointed
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Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday he was retaining
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state Surgeon General John Armstrong.
Dr. Armstrong was passed over by the Florida Senate in the spring legislative session.
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Source: AP via the Florida Current
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The counterfactual in long term care
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Don TaylorI was looking at assisted living facilities for my grandmother yesterday and then beginning to navigate the ongoing family discussion about what is best for her (age 89; she still lives alone but has been hospitalized 5 times in recent months) and my mother (age 70), who is increasingly feeling unable to navigate the current situation. There are of course many other people involved: my sister (who lives near both my grandmother and my mother), my step dad, and my uncle who lives about 50 miles from my grandmother. I have become "expert" at assessing such facilities, and have devoted a great deal of my finite creativity over the past 18 months to navigating complicated family long term care situations. I put expert in quotes, because for all that I know about long term care, mixed now with personal experience, it is a truly difficult decision to decide what is best. In large part, this is because there are so many people involved and affected, along with the existence of many sources of uncertainty. One thing has become clear... Read More>> Source: freeforall health policy and budget wonkery and the politics of where they meet
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Healthcare Roundtable Series Continues with June Program
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