Keeping Cancer Care Close to Home
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Keeping Cancer Care Close to Home
During a Novartis-sponsored session at The Atlantic’s People v. Cancer forum, oncology leaders, patient advocates, and policymakers examined how advanced cancer care can reach more patients in the communities where they live.
The article explores changing patient expectations, the pressures facing community oncology, and the infrastructure needed to deliver increasingly complex therapies closer to home. NCODA Associate Executive Director Jonas Congelli contributes insights on prior authorization, step edits, payer processes, reimbursement erosion, and consolidation—and how these challenges can affect timely care, practice sustainability, and patients’ ability to remain with the local care teams they trust.
Read the full article for perspectives on reducing barriers, strengthening community oncology, and helping ensure a patient’s location does not determine access to advanced cancer care.