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Cost Savings of Supportive Care Biosimilar in the Medicare OCM Population

06/12/2020

A new study sought to better understand how The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement for pegfilgrastim has been impacted by the introduction of two pegfilgrastim biosimilars into the...

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06/12/2020

Journal of Clinical Pathways

From the Field

The Supportive Care of Oncology Patients (SCOOP) Pathway: A Novel Approach to Improving the Patient Experience in the Curative Treatment of Cancer

05/15/2019

Nicholas Petrelli , MD, FACS;

Edith J. Johnson , PhD, MBA;

Christopher Koprowski , MD, MBA;

Karen Sites , MSN, RN, OCN, CCM;

Abstract: It was hypothesized that by introducing more intense supportive care and enhanced nurse navigation in high-acuity curable cancer patients, we could achieve the same results noted in patients with advanced...

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05/15/2019

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Advance Directives, QoL-Focused Care Needed for Cancer Patients With Delirium in the ED

08/03/2017

JCP Editors

Patients with advanced cancer who visit the emergency department (ED) with delirium have increased rates of hospitalizations and ICU admissions, along with decreased survival rates, according to a recent study...

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08/03/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways