During this video clip Dr. Michael Kolodziej discusses how uncertainty of the reimbursment enviroment makes them nervous to
Economists predict that, in less than 3 years, the average household in the United States will use 50% of its income on health insurance and out-of-pocket medical bills. According to Lee N. Newcomer, MD, MHA, Senior Vice President, Oncology, Genetics and Women’s Health, UnitedHealthcare, Minnetonka, MN, creating payment models that can reimburse physicians for cost-effective care is difficult in itself, but demonstrating that the new models are indeed cost-effective involves another set of hurdles.
Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) is implementing value-based care and payment models across the country to reward quality and improve outcomes, and these are amounting to billions of dollars in cost-savings and reduced hospitalizations.

An analysis of payer and provider responses to key clinical information presented at the ASCO 2011 annual meeting offers a glimpse of the oncology landscape shared by oncologists and health plans.

The research was conducted by Xcenda (AmerisourceBergen Consulting Services), a specialty pharmaceutical research and consulting firm. The full study, led by Loreen M. Brown, MSW, Vice President of Xcenda’s Access and Reimbursement Consultancy, was published online in the Oncology Business Review (www.oncbiz.com; July 2011).


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