Health care costs are an issue of national importance. Health expenditures in the US are
projected to reach $6.19 trillion by 2028, or 19.7% of gross domestic product, an estimated …

5 Background: To provide a comprehensive evaluation of the trends in treatment pattern,
total and out-of-pocket (OOP) costs of cancer care for in the period between 2-month before …

Objectives Given the scarcity of data exploring reimbursement trends in the field of
hematology/oncology, we sought to characterize these trends for common procedures in this …

Purpose In 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a new radiation
oncology alternative payment model aimed at reducing expenditures. We examined …

11534 Background: Simply put, cancer care in the last 30 days of life (30DAY) is often
aggressive and expensive without best meeting the wishes and needs of patients and …

Hospitalized older patients with advanced cancer who were discharged to a skilled nursing
facility (SNF) for rehabilitation are unlikely to receive future cancer treatment, have high 30 …

In recent years many policy makers have recommended alternative payment models in
medical oncology in order to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. Yet information on …

6647 Background: Cancer is the second leading killer in the United States, but there is no
comprehensive analysis evaluating total cancer costs by cancer and treatment modality …

OBJECTIVES To compare aggressiveness of end‐of‐life (EoL) care for older cancer patients
attributed to Medicare Shared Savings Programs with that for similar fee for service (FFS) …

Cancer care is costly for individuals and in the aggregate. In one study, insured patients with
advanced cancer reported median monthly out-of-pocket treatment expenditures of $592. 1 …