Reforming Oncology Care Payments: Interviews From the QCCA Leadership Summit
b'As the costs of cancer care continue to rise in the United States, eyes are increasingly turning to payment reform. Research by the Northeast Business Group on Health found that in 2015, employers spent $125 million on cancer care, and since then, cancer therapy costs have increased substantially with greater use of immunotherapy and the introduction of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies that can easily cost half a million dollars for treatment.\\n\\nThe federal government is taking the lead with the Oncology Care Model, which will transition into Oncology Care First in 2022 after a 1-year extension due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, but commercial payers are also testing payment reform models.\\n\\nSpeakers who participated in the Quality Cancer Care Alliance\\u2019s Fall Leadership Summit, weighed in on the payment reform space for cancer care.\\n\\nLearn more:\\nSpeaking of Employers: Purchasers Detail the Challenges of Getting a Handle on Oncology Care Costs\\nhttps://www.ajmc.com/view/speaking-of-employers-purchasers-detail-the-challenges-of-getting-a-handle-on-oncology-care-costs\\n\\nThree Ways COVID-19 Makes the Oncology Care First Model More Attractive: https://www.ajmc.com/view/three-ways-covid-19-makes-the-oncology-care-first-model-more-attractive\\n\\nInfrastructure of OCM Helps Practices Through COVID-19, Chong Says: https://www.ajmc.com/view/infrastructure-of-ocm-helps-practices-through-covid-19-chong-says\\n\\nA Closer Look at 3 Oncology Payment Reform Projects: https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-closer-look-at-three-oncology-payment-reform-projects\\n\\nCancer Does Not Stop for COVID-19, but Reform Becomes a Challenge: https://www.ajmc.com/view/cancer-does-not-stop-for-covid-19-but-reform-becomes-a-challenge\\n\\nCommunity Oncology Alliance Payment Reform Brief Details 35 Oncology Payment Models Underway or Planned Across Country: https://communityoncology.org/community-oncology-alliance-coa-payment-reform-brief-details-35-oncology-payment-models-underway-or-planned-across-country/'