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NCCN has published updates to the NCCN Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections

NCCN has published updates to the NCCN Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections. These NCCN Guidelines are currently available as Version 1.2017. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis (INF-1) Footnote “i” was revised: “For patients who are intolerant to fluoroquinolone, consider TMP/SMX or an oral third-generation cephalosporin (category 2B).” Antifungal Prophylaxis (INF-2) Footnote “n” for “Micafungin” was…

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Chronic Care Bill Introduced in the Senate

  Last week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2016 (S.3504). The bill aims to improve healthcare outcomes for Medicare patients living with…

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CMS Releases 2015 National Health Expenditures

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the official figures on U.S. health spending in 2015. Nationwide, health spending grew by 5.8 percent, outpacing inflation which was .7 percent that year. According to CMS, the annual increase in health spending is below the rates of most years prior to the passage of…

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House Budget Committee Releases Proposed Changes to the Congressional Budget Process

House Budget Committee Chair Tom Price, who was also recently nominated to serve as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services, has unveiled a proposal to overhaul the Congressional budgeting process. Currently, the process is governed by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, although minor amendments have been made since then. If enacted, this…

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MedPAC Examines Physician Payment Adequacy

On December 8 and 9, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met to examine several factors to determine the adequacy of Medicare’s fee-schedule payments for physicians and other health professionals, including beneficiary access; volume growth; and variation in compensation across specialties. The Commission must annually make recommendations to Congress on whether payments to physicians and…

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President-Elect Trump Taps Former Officials for HHS Transition

President-Elect Trump Taps Former Officials for HHS Transition President-elect Donald Trump has selected Andrew Bremberg to run his Department of Health & Human services (HHS) transition team. Bremberg served at HHS for nearly eight years under former President George W. Bush and also currently advises Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Paula Stannard, who served as…

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The US Oncology Network Meets with Cancer Moonshot Leaders

The US Oncology Network Meets with Cancer Moonshot Leaders (Source: US Oncology Network) The US Oncology Network and McKesson Specialty Health representatives met with Lyric Jorgenson, Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Moonshot, and Annabella Aspiras, Director of Patient Engagement for the Moonshot initiative, on November 2. The meeting participants discussed The Network’s…

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ASCO Issues Clinical Guidelines On Adjuvant Chemotherapy For Early Breast Cancer.

Medscape reported that the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) “issued comprehensive clinical guidelines on adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer and targeted adjuvant therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer.” The “guidelines are largely adapted from the 2015 Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) clinical practice guidelines, with some additional guidance from ASCO.” The recommendations were published online in…

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