ASCO expresses support for CMS rule establishing electronic prior authorization in federal health plans

CMS publishes Medicare physician fee schedule proposal

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed rule, which it says aligns with Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

CMS proposes policy to move away from hospital-based care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers, or ASCs, for calendar year 2026.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical Trials & Tribulations

Optimizing dosing of expensive and toxic oncology drugs: Making America healthier

There is general agreement that the United States spends too much on health care, especially on pharmaceuticals. But what we spend on drugs is not simply a function of price. If eggs double in price, people can simply cut the number of eggs they eat in half. Simply stated, cost is the product of (price per unit times the number of units purchased).

June 20, 2025

Vol.51 No.24

By Mark J. Ratain, David A. Hyman, Jill E. Feldman, Beth R. Jacobson and Allen S. Lichter

Insights from ASCO 2025: Real-world evidence drives clinical decision-making

City of Hope researchers presented compelling real-world evidence and novel combination therapies at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting, with findings that could reshape treatment approaches for breast, colorectal, renal, and prostate cancers.

Young women are now diagnosed with cancer at twice the rate of young men
The face of cancer is changing at a time when research is plagued by existential threats

For more than a year before her stage 4 lung cancer was found, 35-year-old Alisa Secaida, a never-smoker and a physically active Southern Californian, had been experiencing a persistent cough and, increasingly, fatigue.

June 06, 2025

Vol.51 No.22

By Claire Marie Porter

Podcast

In The Headlines: Kimryn Rathmell, ASCO, and “an important time in cancer research”

“Patients are counting on us, and this remains the best time to be involved in cancer research,” W. Kimryn Rathmell said to The Cancer Letter.

June 04, 2025

Vol.51 No.21

ASCO expresses support for CMS rule establishing electronic prior authorization in federal health plans

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Young women are now diagnosed with cancer at twice the rate of young men
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