The first-ever cancer clinic on an American Indian reservation may close–unless CMS changes payment rules

Kamala Harris widely expected to continue Cancer Moonshot; Conservatives present their vision in Project 2025

What will happen to biomedical research and health care in the aftermath of the 2024 election? The differences in outcomes couldn’t be more stark.

July 26, 2024

Vol.50 No.30

By McKenzie Prillaman

Clinical Roundup

New payment code and Medicare payment implemented for AI cancer imaging device

Avenda Health, an AI healthcare company, announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has assigned a national payment rate for the company’s innovative prostate cancer mapping technology, Unfold AI.

July 26, 2024

Vol.50 No.30

Health Equity

Proposed rule by CMS would expand access to cancer treatment at tribal facilities

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it intends to start providing additional reimbursement for some high-cost drugs for people with Medicare who receive care at Indian Health Service or tribal hospitals, beginning Jan. 1, 2025.

Monica Bertagnolli and Brett Guthrie named Friends 2024 Cancer Leadership Award recipients

Monica BertagnolliBrett GuthrieNIH Director Monica Bertagnolli and Rep. for Kentucky’s 2nd congressional district, Brett Guthrie were named recipients of Friends of Cancer Research 2024 Cancer Leadership Award.

July 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.29

Judiciary News Analysis

Supreme Court removes “Chevron deference,” threatening drug regulation, health coverage, delivery of cancer care

The Supreme Court last week upended one of the underpinnings of administrative law by weakening the authority of federal health agencies to rely on technical expertise as they regulate medical products, issue coverage decisions, and respond to public health crises.

July 05, 2024

Vol.50 No.27

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Georgetown’s Zachary Baron on the post-Chevron era: We need guardrails about when agency expertise should be cast aside

The Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine, removing one of the foundational principles of administrative law and upending the way federal agencies rely on technical subject-matter expertise. What comes next?