CBS / US Oncology / Liberty Partners Group LLC / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Improving Healthcare Systems / Hospice / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Reorganization / /
Facility
American College of Radiology / Massachusetts General Hospital / University of California San Francisco Addressing Disparities / The Dartmouth Institute / University of California San Francisco UCSF CT Radiation Dose Registry / The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute / Institute of Medicine / American College of Radiation Oncology / University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Comparative Effectiveness / campus HOPDs / University of Illinois at / /
IndustryTerm
generous insurance payments / learning healthcare information technology system / in-office ancillary services / self-referral law / insurance risk / technology investments / learning healthcare system / physician services / real-time analysis / care for advanced cancer / cancer care / care for Medicare cancer / healthcare costs / radiation therapy services / cancer care services / /
MedicalCondition
Colorectal Cancer / end-stage cancer / increasingly complex disease / breast cancer / Medicarereimbursed cancer / oncology/cancer / cancer / tracked breast cancer / advanced cancer / Pain / reasons cancer / /
MedicalTreatment
radiation therapy / radiation / brachytherapy / /
Organization
Harvard Medical School / University of California / Radiation Therapy Alliance / House of Representatives / PCORI Will Fund / Institute of Medicine / Massachusetts General Hospital / University of Illinois at Chicago / Energy and Commerce Committee / Congressional Budget Office / Large Urology Group Practice Association / Senate / Medicare / Congress / American Society for Radiation Oncology / Federal Government / Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute / Coalition for the Advancement of Brachytherapy / Commerce Committee / American College of Radiology / American College of Radiation Oncology / The Alliance / Association of Freestanding Radiation Oncology Centers / 21st Century Oncology Association / Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice / University of Texas / /
Person
David Goodman / /
Position
President / Physician / lead author / Stark physician / /
ProvinceOrState
Texas / Illinois / Massachusetts / /
Region
South Florida / /
Technology
Radiation / Painrelieveit Protocol / information technology system / /
Letter to the Hill on Payment Reform for Freestanding Radiation Therapy Centers On September 12, a diverse group of radiation oncology stakeholders sent a letter to Congress in support of payment reform for freestanding