01/23/2019

Important Oncology Related News

CMS Announces New Model to Lower Drug Prices in Medicare Part D and Transformative Updates to Existing Model for Medicare Advantage

Jan 18, 2019 - Today, CMS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“Innovation Center”), which tests innovative payment and service delivery models to lower costs and improve the quality of care, announced a new payment model and transformative updates to an existing model.  The models are designed to enable Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, which are private plans that provide Medicare beneficiaries with medical and prescription drug coverage, to better serve patients and help them achieve good health.  READ MORE

ASCO Joins Groups Urging Congress to Reject Proposed Changes to Medicare Part D

(ASCO in Action) Jan 18, 2019 - The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), along with nearly 60 other organizations, joined the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in an advertising campaign urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Congress to halt proposed changes to Medicare Part D’s six protected classes. READ ARTICLE

Ad Campaign Highlights Broad Patient and Provider Opposition to Proposed Medicare Change

(ACS CAN) Jan 16, 2019 - The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is launching a new print and digital ad campaign today emphasizing the dangerous impact that proposed changes to Medicare Part D’s six protected classes could have on patients’ access to affordable drug therapies. READ PRESS RELEASE

CMS Opens Data Submission Period for MIPS from 1/2 to 4/2

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially opened the data submission period for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participated in Year 2 (2018) of the Quality Payment Program. With the exceptions noted in the paragraph below, data can be submitted and updated any time from January 2, 2019 to April 2, 2019.  Log in to the Quality Payment Program website to submit your data for MIPS Year 2.