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Guideway Care CEO, Craig Parker, Selected to Present at Health Insights Fall Forum, Addresses Growing Need for Alternative Care Approaches

Guideway Care’s chief executive officer, Craig Parker, will co-present with David Randall, chief strategy officer, UAB Health System at the Health Insights Fall 2022 Forum, Thursday, October 27, New Orleans, LA. Parker will share Guideway Care’s perspectives and experiences in alternative patient interaction methods – from care at home to non-clinical navigation, and will share […]

Guideway Care CMO, Edward Partridge, MD, Presents Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecture at 2022 Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons

We are excited to announce that Guideway Care’s chief medical officer, Dr. Edward Partridge, will be presenting at the Commission on Cancer (CoC) Oncology Lecture at Clinical Congress 2022, American College of Surgeons on Wednesday, October 19, in San Diego, CA! Dr. Partridge will be presenting Guideway Care’s mission to deliver solutions and services that […]

High-touch, tech-enabled patient engagement + patient activation resolve barriers to accessing care

Do you know the difference patient engagement and patient activation? Patient engagement aims to educate people about their conditions and fully involve them in making decisions about their healthcare. Patient activation is a component of engagement where the patient is empowered with the skill, knowledge and confidence to take a more proactive role in their […]

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What is the Oncology Care Model & How Does It work?

Guideway Care Reinforces its Commitment to Resolving SDoH Associate with Cancer Care

Care Guidance featured in thought leadership article published in peer-reviewed OncoZine reaching the International Oncology Network. Access full article here:  https://www.oncozine.com/advancing-health-equity-for-oncology-patients/ Providing a blue print for stakeholders in oncology to resolve certain inequalities in cancer care that are linked to Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), including level of education, occupation, income, sex, race, ethnicity, place of residence […]
How to Measure Quality in Cancer Care?

How to Measure Quality in Cancer Care?

Cancer is a deadly disease that has affected countless individuals throughout the world. Quality cancer care is essential for improving outcomes and ultimately saving lives. However, measuring quality in cancer care can be challenging due to its complexity and the multiple stakeholders involved. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans have launched the Radiation […]
Signs You Need a Cancer Risk Assessment Software

Signs You Need a Cancer Risk Assessment Software

Oncology care is essential to help manage and prevent the progression of cancer. With technological advancements, risk assessment software is becoming increasingly available to help providers make better-informed decisions regarding their patients’ care. The latest Enhancing oncology care model provides a comprehensive set of tools that allow providers to make more efficient, evidence-based decisions. These […]
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The Radiation Oncology Model: Top Five Things to Know

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to roll out the Radiation Oncology Model (ROM) in January 2022, which will cover radiotherapy episodes of care. Participation is mandatory in select zip codes—you can access the current list here—and will cover physician group practices, hospital outpatient departments, and freestanding radiation therapy centers. To help providers […]
The Oncology Care Model: An Overview

COVID-19’s Impact on Cancer Care—Increased Complexity and Increased Demand for Care Guidance

As an industry, we agree that COVID-19 has made an indelible impact on how we practice healthcare in the United States. The virus’s influence is apparent in those industry segments that treat the most complex and vulnerable patient populations, with cancer serving as a palpable embodiment of COVID-19’s effects. Three significant trends in cancer care […]
Preventive Screenings, Cancer Screenings

Delayed Cancer Screenings Lead to Dramatic Decrease in Newly Diagnosed Patients

LexisNexis Highlights How Stay at Home Orders Have Impacted Preventive Screenings, Diagnoses Information and analytics provider LexisNexis recently reported that stay-at-home orders have led to alarming trends in preventive screenings for cancer, with reductions of up to 91% in April and May 2020, when compared to the same time period in 2019. The decrease in […]
The Radiation Oncology Model: What Providers Need to Know

RO-APM: What Providers Need to Know

CMS recently announced the Radiation Oncology Model (RO Model or RO-APM), a mandatory, episode-based payment model for radiotherapy (RT) services. CMS states that the goals of the model are to “improve the quality of care for cancer patients receiving radiotherapy…and move toward a simplified and predictable payment system.” The new radiation oncology alternative payment model […]
ePROs: What are Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes? Woman on Smartphone

ePROs: What are Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes?

The term patient-reported outcomes (PROs) refers to a health outcome directly based on patient self-reporting. PROs are a key aspect of clinical trials and treatments, and in modern health care settings, many organizations are transitioning away from pen-and-paper data collection methods and moving to electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs). Analog vs. Digital Research has shown there […]
OCM 2.0

What is OCM 2.0?

OCM 2.0 is a proposed alternative to the current Oncology Care Model (OCM) program, and was created by the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) in June 2019. COA submitted OCM 2.0 to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), an advisory committee that evaluates physician-focused payment models for the Secretary of Health and Human Services […]
OCM Quality Measures

OCM Quality Measures

The Oncology Care Model (OCM) is an episode-based payment model designed to provide high quality, highly coordinated oncology care at low cost. In order to assess and verify clinical outcomes, patient outcomes, and coordination of care, as well as ensure continued quality of care, CMS measures OCM participants’ performance using quality measures from four of […]
What is a MEOS Payment? | What is a Monthly Enhanced Oncology Services Payment?

What is a MEOS Payment?

A Monthly Enhanced Oncology Services (MEOS) payment is part of the two-part payment system specific to the Oncology Care Model (OCM). Under OCM, participating Medicare-enrolled physician groups continue to receive regular fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare payments, but also receive a MEOS payment of $160 per-beneficiary for delivery of “enhanced services,” as well as a retrospective performance-based […]
The Oncology Care Model: An Overview

The Oncology Care Model: An Overview

The Oncology Care Model (OCM) is an episode-based payment model developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMMI) in order to improve the quality of care cancer patients receive at the same or lower cost. According to the National Cancer Institute, “In 2018, an estimated 1,735,350 new cases of cancer [were] […]

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Guideway Care CEO, Craig Parker, Selected to Present at Health Insights Fall Forum, Addresses Growing Need for Alternative Care Approaches

Guideway Care’s chief executive officer, Craig Parker, will co-present with David Randall, chief strategy officer, UAB Health System at the Health Insights Fall 2022 Forum, Thursday, October 27, New Orleans, LA. Parker will share Guideway Care’s perspectives and experiences in alternative patient interaction methods – from care at home to non-clinical navigation, and will share […]

Guideway Care CMO, Edward Partridge, MD, Presents Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecture at 2022 Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons

We are excited to announce that Guideway Care’s chief medical officer, Dr. Edward Partridge, will be presenting at the Commission on Cancer (CoC) Oncology Lecture at Clinical Congress 2022, American College of Surgeons on Wednesday, October 19, in San Diego, CA! Dr. Partridge will be presenting Guideway Care’s mission to deliver solutions and services that […]

High-touch, tech-enabled patient engagement + patient activation resolve barriers to accessing care

Do you know the difference patient engagement and patient activation? Patient engagement aims to educate people about their conditions and fully involve them in making decisions about their healthcare. Patient activation is a component of engagement where the patient is empowered with the skill, knowledge and confidence to take a more proactive role in their […]