Out of 11 cancer hospitals exempt from reporting to Medicare’s Inpatient Prospective Payment System, Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute had the highest percentage of patients who said they would probably or definitely recommend the hospital, according to CMS data published Nov.…
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Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has begun construction on a cancer center in Modesto, Calif. The Advanced Cancer Center and Care Complex will cost an estimated $380 million and is part of the health system’s larger multiyear expansion plan in the…
Multiple western New York health systems have disbanded a joint oncology marketing partnership after seven years. The Great Lakes Cancer Care Collaborative included such healthcare organizations as Buffalo-based Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center Corp., which will go back…
Kentucky, Mississippi and West Virginia had the highest overall cancer incidence and mortality rates in the U.S. between 2018 and 2023, according to a report from the American Cancer Society. New Mexico, Utah and Hawaii had the lowest overall cancer…
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital Cancer Institute has renamed its adolescent and young adult cancer program after receiving a $1 million donation. The Richard and Melanie Gonzmart Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Program is led by medical oncologist Victoria Rizk, MD,…
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At many health systems, infusion services operate across multiple sites with varying workflows and approval processes. At Cone Health, based in Greensboro, N.C., pharmacy leaders have spent the past year aligning those services — particularly outside of oncology — as…
The University of Texas at Austin has received a $100 million gift to support its planned academic medical center. The donation comes from Austin residents Tench and Simone Coxe, according to a Jan. 12 health system news release. The donation…
By collaborating with Evolent — a health technology company focused on managing complex care — Florida Blue achieved a 40% drop in hospital and emergency room visits for Medicare Advantage members with cancer, according to a Jan. 14 news release.…
Investigators from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed — and made public — a free resource to inform potential immune system responses of pancreatic cancer patients after receiving various combinations of vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs. The…