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What you need to know about Medicare’s physician supervision requirements

on January 18, 2013  |  Permalink

Topics: Physician Issues, Medical Oncology, Oncology, Service Lines, Radiation Therapy

Deirdre Fuller, Oncology Roundtable

CMS’s physician supervision requirements continue to be an area of uncertainty and confusion for many of our members. Here, we have compiled the most up-to-date information on physician supervision for chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

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What you need to know about Medicare’s physician supervision requirements

Wanted: Clinical trial success stories

on December 10, 2012  |  Permalink

Topics: Oncology, Service Lines, Medical Oncology, Clinical Research

Deirdre Fuller, Oncology Roundtable

Hospitals are continuously struggling to increase, and even maintain, patient accrual rates to clinical trials. Due to new Commission on Cancer accreditation requirements, many of our members have been searching for best practices on optimizing cancer clinical trial enrollment. Now, we are looking to you for help.

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Wanted: Clinical trial success stories

Cancer drug's cost slashed following Sloan-Kettering decision

on November 20, 2012  |  Permalink

Topics: Oncology, Service Lines, Medical Oncology, Pharmacy, Supply Chain, Finance

Deirdre Fuller

A recent report in the New York Times details Sanofi’s decision to cut the cost of a new cancer drug after physicians at Memorial Sloan-Kettering announced they would not prescribe the drug due to its exorbitant price.

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Cancer drug's cost slashed following Sloan-Kettering decision