May 12: Cancer Patients Need Community Oncologists
More than 300 cancer clinics in America have closed in the last decade as Medicare has decreased payments to the point clinics could no longer cover their overhead. Many community-based clinics sold their practices to large hospital systems, resulting in high costs for Medicare and commercial insurance companies and higher out-of-pocket costs for the patient.
May 12: Cancer Patients Need Community Oncologists
More than 300 cancer clinics in America have closed in the last decade as Medicare has decreased payments to the point clinics could no longer cover their overhead. Many community-based clinics sold their practices to large hospital systems, resulting in high costs for Medicare and commercial insurance companies and higher out-of-pocket costs for the patient.
