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Medicare Demonstration Projects Acknowledge Evidence-Based Medicine in Cancer Care
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Evidenced-based cancer care took a giant step forward in two new demonstration projects proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in November.
Both projects are designed to provide additional care for cancer patients and, at the same time, collect data to show whether such treatment is actually effective.
One project, which has the added benefit of providing more money to private
practices that were expecting sharply reduced government reimbursements next
year, will give oncologists $130 each time they ask their patients about their
level of pain, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. CMS will use data generated from
those responses—and from responses during subsequent treatment for
patients who need it—to trace outcomes from such care. The year-long
project is expected to cost $300 million and will
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