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Send us Fan Mail Supporting Precision Medicine with Genetic Testing PART 1: Understanding the Complexities of Genetic Testing In this episode, we take a look at the challenges of managing complex cancer diagnoses and treatments with the help of genetic and genomic testing. Meagan Farmer is a Master's trained Genetic Counselor and provides an overview of the differences between genetic and gen...

Send us Fan Mail Cardio-Oncology: Addressing Cardio-Toxicities from Cancer Treatment Cancer treatments have improved significantly over the last 40 years, with much improved outcomes for 5-year survival. In 1975, a cancer diagnosis came with a projected overall 5-year survival rate of less than a 50%. Today, the overall five-year survival rate is close to 70%, and for some disease groups, like bre...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of 3 - A Look at the Literature In today's episode, we continue a 3 part series, exploring how increasing financial toxicity in cancer care is impacting patients’ adherence to self-administered oral medications. Part 2 explores some of the literature that describes the financial impact of a cancer diagnosis on an individual and their family.  A transcript of this podca...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 of 3 - The Burden of Treatment In today's episode, we begin a 3 part series, exploring how increasing financial toxicity in cancer care is impacting patients’ adherence to self-administered oral medications. Part one defines the term Financial Toxicity and describes the "Total Burden of Treatment" as first reported by Carl May.  A transcript of this podcast,...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 - Dr. Marty Heslin talks about the New Normal for cancer care Dr. Marty Heslin is the new Cancer Center Director for the University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute in Mobile, Alabama. He is a Surgical Oncologist, and has spent the last 25 years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System, where he most recently served as the Chief of the Medical Staf...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 - Dr. Marty Heslin talks about the New Normal for cancer care Dr. Marty Heslin is the new Cancer Center Director for the University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute in Mobile, Alabama. He is a Surgical Oncologist, and has spent the last 25 years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System, where he most recently served as the Chief of the Medical Staf...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 - Examining the Implications of Clinical Pathways on the Oncology Marketplace In Part 1  of this conversation, Ron talked about the increasing use of clinical treatment pathways by payers and providers to influence formulary decision making. In Part 2, we continue this discussion with Ron sharing his insights coming from their firm’s syndicated reports, as well as his thoug...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 - Examining the Implications of Clinical Pathways on the Oncology Marketplace In this episode, we start a two-part discussion with Ron Schleif, co-founder and Principle of Oncology Reimbursement Management, a consulting and research services firm that helps life sciences companies determine whether their oncology products are positioned for maximum success. We ask Ron about...

Send us Fan Mail Unlocking the Secrets for Success in CIN's, ACO's, and Value Based Care Initiatives. In this episode, we interview one of The Kinetix Group’s business partners, Marc Miller, President and Managing Partner of Health Strategies, LLC, a firm that specializes in supporting Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), and other population heal...

Send us Fan Mail Challenges Facing State Medicaid Programs Our special guest today is Dr. Len Fromer, Executive Medical Director for the The Kinetix Group. Dr. Fromer is a Family Physician who has done a lot of work with many state Medicaid programs, helping build infrastructure to support delivering higher quality health care to the most vulnerable populations. Dr. Fromer shares what he sees as s...

Send us Fan Mail Understanding Oral Parity Legislation In today's episode, we explore state and federal Oral Parity Legislation. The Oral Parity legislation initiatives attempt to address the substantial out-of-pocket costs that patients are facing when their insurance covers medications under their pharmacy benefit plan as opposed to their major medical benefits. To date, a total of forty-th...

Send us Fan Mail Moving the Needle on Patient Satisfaction without  Adding to Provider Burnout In today's episode, we explore patient experience, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact that is having on providers and clinical teams.  Our research on patient satisfaction, interestingly, revealed that many clinical teams don’t understand what patients really want when it comes...

Send us Fan Mail Growth of Technology and its Impact on the Cost of Business - Key Findings Cohosts Warren Smedley, Neal Peyser, and Sarah Pugh review and discuss key findings from TKG's December 8, 2020 Health System Executive Advisory Board on Health System Performance. The highest priority issue identified by our panel was the explosive growth of technology within the patient care setting,...