Does Financial Toxicity Impact The Health-Related Quality of Life? Representing one of the fastest growing segments of healthcare spending, the cost of cancer care in the United States continues to rise at an unprecedented rate. To account for the rise in the cost of care, insurance companies are starting to shift more of the financial burden […]
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Did the Financial Crisis Lead to More Cancer Deaths? A new study shows the financial crisis that has impacted people around the world has lead to more cancer deaths. The study, published in the Lancet Medical Journal, shows half a million cancer-related deaths have occurred between 2008 and 2010 due to unemployment or the lack of health insurance. […]
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Debt and Pain Go Hand-in-Hand for Cancer Patients A new study finds that cancer patients who are skating on thin financial ice suffer worse symptoms, more pain, and reduced quality of life than those who have more money in the bank to fall back on. In particular, colon and lung cancer patients with two or […]
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10 Things to Know About Medicare’s Payment Experiment An Experiment in Payments On March 8, 2016 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) released a proposed rule which aims to test a payment design to reimburse for drugs covered under Medicare Part B. Medicare Part B covers prescription drugs administered in a physician’s office or […]
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ACA and Cancer: Not Necessarily a Match Made In Heaven According to a recent study by Treato, cancer was the most widely discussed topic as related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Treato helps patients and caregivers make more informed healthcare decisions by analyzing online conversations about medications and health conditions and sharing what others […]
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Faster Payments With ICD-10-CM? Last October, the industry switched from the old ICD-9-CM coding system to a new system classified as ICD-10-CM. This updated system is used to code and classify symptoms, diagnosis, and procedures performed on patients. And, just maybe, for right now, payments have sped up a bit under the new coding system. […]
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