240% Growth in Oncology Drug Approvals in 2017 Good News for Cancer Patients Wes Chapman January 2, 2018 Introduction Advances in medical oncology depend on successful drug development – and that means successful clinical trials, leading to approval by the FDA for compounds that materially [...]
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MIPS/MACRA 2018 Strategic Considerations for Medical Oncology Practices Implications of a Zero Sum Game Wes Chapman December 2017 A Doomsday Solution to a Zero Sum Game Strategic Situational Analysis MACRA/MIPS (MIPS) will become the operational standard in 2018 by which CMS evaluates: 1) The quality of care [...]
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340B Medical Oncology Practices and Hospitals - Time to Bail Out? November 20, 2017 Wes Chapman Time to Bail Out of 340B? On November 1st, CMS announced sweeping changes in the reimbursement of 340B eligible drugs, “Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
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Hey, President Trump, To fix the Healthcare mess, listen to the dog that didn’t bark! Dr. Grant Bagley & Wes Chapman July 4, 2017 Preface: This is the first in an occasional series of articles looking at selected healthcare policy issues best addressed by [...]
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Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Oncology Care Part II: Private Payers Using the OCM Infrastructure and AI: Wes Chapman February 7, 2016 Occam’s razor: The Origin of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) Introduction In July of last year Medicare implemented a new program – The Oncology [...]
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