ONCOLOGISTS: You Have Representatives On Your Side In Cancer-Care Crisis
CMS called on the carpet for IVIG, oncology access problems.Oncologists, the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee tried to make the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) feel your pain in a July 13 hearing. In the hearing, members of Congress tore into CMS Director Herb Kuhn and other officials over access to cancer drugs. "Our cancer care delivery system is facing a crisis," said Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN). He cited rising costs and a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers that found the government would slash cancer payments by $13 billion between 2004 and 2013. He accused Kuhn...
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