A recent article highlights a significant shift in oncology care: the American Society of Clinical Oncology now recommends early palliative care for everyone diagnosed with advanced cancer. Here are six crucial points to know about palliative care: 1. Improved Quality of Life and Survival: Early involvement in palliative care not only enhances the quality of life but also prolongs survival, according to Dr. Allison Chang from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. 2. Empowering Patients: Palliative care puts patients in control, working closely with their providers to manage symptoms and treatment side effects effectively. 3. Supporting Caregivers: Palliative care teams recognize and support the essential role of caregivers, ensuring they are an integral part of the care process. 4. More Time at Home: By managing symptoms like fatigue, palliative care helps patients spend more quality time at home or wherever they prefer to be. 5. Insurance Coverage: Most insurance companies cover palliative care, making it accessible to those in need. 6. Not Just for Cancer: Palliative care benefits anyone with a serious illness, including heart and kidney failure. It's essential for patients to ask their doctor about the potential benefits. Dr. Arif Kamal, Chief Patient Officer for the American Cancer Society, emphasizes: "Palliative care is no longer something that's 'nice to have.' It's a 'have to have.'" 💙 What this means for Tuesday Health: At Tuesday Health, we are dedicated to integrating palliative care from the time of diagnosis to ensure our members receive comprehensive, compassionate support throughout their journey. Read the full article here: https://hubs.la/Q02CGmK30 #PalliativeCare #CancerCare #HealthcareInnovation #PatientCare #TuesdayHealth
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Black Patients Face Grave Inequities in Cancer Care Compared to White Counterparts! 🚨 📉 Disturbing Disparities in Treatment: Delayed and Inferior Care: Black patients with early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) are alarmingly more likely to face delays and receive substandard care compared to White patients. 🕒 Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Delays: Specifically, there's an increased time for Black patients to receive crucial treatments like adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer and neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer. ⏳ 💔 Health Insurance: A Critical Barrier: The Root of Racial Disparity: The study pinpoints health insurance as the leading cause of these racial disparities, contributing to over 20% of the treatment gaps. 🏥 Impact on Treatment Outcomes: This lack of adequate insurance coverage is directly impacting the quality and timeliness of cancer treatment for Black patients. 📉 🚫 Guideline-Concordant Care Not Met: Falling Short of Standards: There's a concerning trend where Black patients are less likely to receive care that meets established medical guidelines, both in colon and rectal cancer treatments. 📚 📢 Implications and Call to Action: Urgent Need for Healthcare Equity: These findings are a wake-up call for immediate action towards equitable healthcare access, especially in expanding health insurance coverage. ✊🏿 Policy Reform and Public Health Priority: The study demands attention from policymakers and public health officials to tackle these systemic issues and ensure equal cancer care for all races. 🏛️ Continued Research and Awareness: It's crucial to keep researching healthcare disparities and raising awareness among healthcare providers and the general public. 🔍 This study is a shocking revelation of the deep-rooted racial disparities in cancer care. It's a call to arms for systemic change to ensure that healthcare equity is not just an ideal, but a reality. 🌍💡 Dr. Aaron Smith Dr. Susan Swayze UCLA PhD, Duke MBA Mike Green Elizabeth Leiba Karima Sharif-Ali, MBA Janelle Scantlebury, MIS #JusticeInCancerCare #blackstoriesmatter #BlackHealthMatters
Black Population Receives Worse Care Vs White Population for CRC Treatment
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The April issue of The Lancet Oncology is out! The article that had to inspire my conceptual cover this month is entitled: Cost and Value of Cancer Medicines Delivered in a Single-Payer Health System: A Cross-Sectional Study from Ontario, Canada The authors concluded that there needs to be a much more careful assessment of the cost:benefits ratio of cancer care as it currently exists in Ontario, as two thirds of cancer care expenditures extend life only by an average of 6 months. These are the conceptual elements in the cover image: • An infusion needle is shown secreting Canadian dollars, known colloquially in Canada as “loonies” because the coins feature an embossed northern loon. Some of the secreted coins are piling up at the bottom of the image representing the growing cost of cancer therapy. • Actual northern loons are shown morphing out of a coin as well as flying out of the syringe into a sunnier area of the sky. These loons represent positive changes from a potential redirection of cancer care budgets to other areas such as “psychosocial supports, symptom management, palliative care, and home nursing care”. • On the left, the sky is more menacing and the clouds have the lumpy shape subtly suggestive of a tumour. • The forest floor forming the backdrop across the bottom of the image shows a swath of trilliums. Trilliums are a ubiquitous woodland wildflower in Ontario, and so a stylized trillium logo became the official symbol for the province. This trillium logo is found on virtually everything related to health care here, including our Ontario Health Insurance Plan cards. The image can probably be interpreted in different ways by the viewer, but I hope that helps make it intriguing :-)
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Codes are key to appropriate reimbursement in our healthcare system. Navigation services have been proven to help patients with serious diagnoses through connection to important support resources. Healthcare facilities often bear the cost of these services due to the lack of codes or reimbursement. The creation of codes are a step towards ensuring reimbursement and access for these services. Connect with us to better understand how the codes can be used across payers and providers.
The CY 2024 #Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule established new HCPCS codes to support increased access to #oncology navigation services. In a new Insight, #AvalereExperts Pranathi S., Pamela Gortman, Jessica Cortez, CPB, Maddi Davidson, and Mina Alsaraf Allo explain the implications of these codes for cancer care: https://lnkd.in/etRjY2-f
CMS Creates New Codes to Reimburse for Navigation Services | Avalere
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🔍 Lung Cancer Patient Pathway Project: Identifying Gaps and Opportunities in Cancer Care The Ministry of Social Affairs recently hosted the concluding event of the Lung Cancer Patient Pathway Project, an important initiative aimed at enhancing the journey of lung cancer patients. Through a collaborative public-private partnership, the project brought together key stakeholders, including the Health Insurance Fund and leading pharmaceutical companies, to identify critical challenges and propose actionable solutions. 📝 Key Findings: Stressful Waiting Periods: The waiting time for a diagnosis emerged as a particularly stressful phase for patients, highlighting the need for better communication and support during this time. Palliative Care: The quality and availability of palliative care were found to vary significantly, underlining the importance of immediate support upon diagnosis. Unified Information: A need for clearer, unified sources of information and improved training for healthcare professionals in delivering difficult news was identified. A special thanks to the Tehnopol HealthTech team for their outstanding work and dedication to this project. Your efforts have been invaluable in driving innovation and improving the future of cancer care in Estonia. 🙏 🔗 Learn more about the project and its findings here:
Lung cancer patient pathway project illuminates gaps in cancer care
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📃Scientific paper: Granulocyte colony stimulating factor use and adherence to clinical practice guidelines among women with breast cancer living in Puerto Rico: a population-based study Abstract: Background Febrile Neutropenia (FN) is a common and serious condition related to cancer chemotherapy. Human recombinant Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) prevents and attenuates the severity and duration of FN. We evaluated the use and predictors of G-CSF adherence among women with breast cancer with a high risk of FN in Puerto Rico. Methods This retrospective cohort study used the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry-Health Insurance Linkage Database. Women with invasive breast cancer diagnosed during 2009-2015 who received selected chemotherapy regimens ( n = 816) were included. The risk of FN was categorized as high and low risk based on the chemotherapy regimens according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines and literature. Adherence was defined as the use or no use of G-CSF at the start of the first chemotherapy cycle among women with breast cancer based on the risk of developing FN. We used a multivariate logistic model to identify factors associated with G-CSF use in women classified at high risk for FN. Results Adherence to G-CSF clinical practice guidelines was low (38.2%) among women with a high risk of FN. Women at high risk of FN with Medicaid (aOR: 0.14; CI 95%: 0.08, 0.24) and Medicare/Medicaid (aOR: 0.33; CI 95%: 0.15, 0.73) were less likely to receive G-CSF than women with private health insurance. Women with regional stage (aOR: 1.82; CI 95%: 1.15, 2.88) were more likely to receive G-CSF than women with localized ca... Continued on ES/IODE ➡️ https://etcse.fr/rw ------- If you find this interesting, feel free to follow, comment and share. We need your help to enhance our visibility, so that our platform continues to serve you.
Granulocyte colony stimulating factor use and adherence to clinical practice guidelines among women with breast cancer living in Puerto Rico: a population-based study
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When a patient receives a positive result in colorectal cancer screening, timely follow-up is key to diagnosis and treatment. Missing this follow-up can lead to missed or delayed cancer diagnosis. The Ambulatory Safety Net (ASN) program “catches” these patients and ensures they get the follow-up tests they need. The ASN program -- developed with health systems in Boston and implemented as part of a learning collaborative -- has already identified over 5,000 patients with over 1,500 completing testing. Authors: Rachel Moyal-Smith DrPH, PA-C; Meagan Elam, DrPH, MS; Jason Boulanger, MFA; Rich Balaban, MD; Joanne Cox, MD; Rebecca Cunningham, MD; Patricia Folcarelli, RN, MA, PhD; Matthew Germak, MD MPH; Kristin O'Riley, RN, MPH; Melissa Parkerton, MA; Fiona Unsworth, BA; Nathan Samuels, DNP, MSN, ANP-BC, CPPS; Luke Sato, MD; Evan M. Benjamin, MD, MS Paper in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety: https://lnkd.in/e52E4E22
Reducing the Risk of Delayed Colorectal Cancer Diagnoses Through an Ambulatory Safety Net Collaborative
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Investigating Breast Cancer Treatment Refusal: A recent study uncovers disparities in therapy decline based on age, income, and insurance among different racial and ethnic groups. 🔍- https://bit.ly/3QEHxJs Prioritizing health equity initiatives is crucial for improving patient outcomes and reducing inequalities. 🎗️ Let's raise awareness about breast cancer treatment disparities and work towards bridging these gaps in healthcare access. 💪 Credit: JAMA Network Open #BreastCancerAwareness #NCDB #BreastCancer #HealthEquity #TreatmentDisparities #FightForACure #Chemotherapy #meded #eMedEvents
Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Refusal - eMedNews
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Here is a sad fact: Kids From Poorer Families Less Likely to Survive Cancer. A new study published three months ago in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, shows that a childhood childhood cancer patient’s risk of dying within five years of their diagnosis increases by 4% for every one-point increase in their neighborhood’s Area Deprivation Index (ADI). This impressive article, which spans nearly 25 years and involves 3,863 pediatric cancer patients, really caught my attention and made me realize that personalized medicine has the potential not only to improve survival rates but also reduce inequality in access to medical services and enhance outcomes in low socioeconomic groups. Here are two reasons why: Reducing the Burden: By tailoring treatments to individual patients, technologies like Pre-Cure’s "tumor-on-a-chip" platform aim to optimize therapeutic outcomes and prevent ineffective therapies. Effective personalized medicine not only improves patient outcomes but also has the potential to substantially reduce healthcare costs. This reduction in costs can enable insurers to offer broader coverage to all policyholders or lower the overall cost of insurance and enhance the quality of care. For context, consider that American insurers have the potential to spend nearly half a billion dollars annually on ineffective treatments for ovarian cancer alone. This is a significant sum that could be spread and reallocated towards providing more medical services per formulary (a list of prescription medications that are covered by a particular health insurance plan). One Shot to Get It Right: Patients without gold-platinum insurance levels (which are usually high-coverage policies) that cover advanced treatments often face a critical one-chance scenario since they have a limited budget for one treatment. Personalized treatments are crucial in these situations, especially since new treatments may lack comprehensive statistical data to guide physicians. Even when data exists, it often shows a lack of response in a certain percentage of cases, leaving much in the hands of fate. By advancing personalized medicine solutions and preventing ineffective treatments, we can make a significant impact on breaking these heartbreaking equations. Pre-Cure Edge is a weekly series of articles exploring the impact of personalized medicine on cancer treatment. Our focus includes cutting-edge "tumor on a chip" technology and advanced 3D cell culture models, highlighting their influence on cancer care. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.pre-cure.bio/ Read the full article - https://lnkd.in/dcNr8xkK
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🔬 Michigan Takes a Stand for Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatments 🔬 Michigan state senator Jeff Irwin is championing a new bill to ensure that health insurance companies cover innovative cancer treatments, regardless of classification. The proposed legislation aims to close loopholes and expand coverage for therapies like genetic therapy and immunotherapy, including CAR-T cell therapy. Key Points: -Senator Irwin's bill builds upon existing laws mandating coverage for cancer drugs, extending the requirement to cutting-edge treatments approved by the FDA and prescribed by physicians. -The legislation addresses recent cases, such as one highlighted by ProPublica, where individuals were denied crucial treatments due to classification technicalities. -By closing these loopholes, Michigan seeks to ensure that all residents have access to life-saving cancer therapies, preventing tragic outcomes like the one documented by ProPublica. Looking Ahead: -If passed, the bill will provide critical support for cancer patients, offering hope and improved outcomes in their fight against the disease. -Michigan sets a precedent for prioritizing patient care and advancing healthcare access, paving the way for similar initiatives nationwide. Stay Informed: Follow the progress of Senator Irwin's bill and stay updated on advancements in cancer treatment coverage in Michigan. Together, we can ensure that every patient receives the care they need to combat cancer effectively. #Healthcare #CancerTreatment #Michigan #PatientCare
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Exciting news in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening! 🩸🧬 The FDA approved Guardant Health's Shield blood test for adults 45+ with average risk of CRC. Key points: - Meets Medicare coverage requirement but is not yet covered by any other insurers - Self-pay price: $895 - 83% effective in identifying colon cancer with 90% specificity for advanced neoplasia (20,000-patient NEJM study) - Only 13% sensitivity for polyp detection While colonoscopies and fecal tests like Exact Sciences' Cologuard remain standard, Shield offers a simple blood test alternative. This should boost screening rates—crucial as colon cancer incidence rises, particularly among younger individuals. In 2023, the American Cancer Society reported that 20% of CRC diagnoses in 2019 were in patients younger than 55. In 1995, it was only 10%! #HealthcareTech #Cancer #MedicalInnovation #Shield https://lnkd.in/gWQz7zJE
Guardant's blood-based cancer test moves closer to Medicare coverage with FDA approval
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2moPalliative care could be so helpful for so many if implemented early enough. This is exciting to see!