How to Actually Manage Cancer Claims In Self-Funded Plans | with Peter Bridges
"Over 90% of the time, there is some change recommended to the care path someone is on. Oftentimes we make two to four separate recommendations." - Peter Bridges, AccessHope
Cancer is one of the largest cost drivers in any self-funded plan, and most of the strategies built to manage it focus on price. Peter Bridges argues the bigger lever is making sure the patient is on the right treatment in the first place.
Only about 20% of cancer patients are treated at one of the country's 57 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers. The other 80% get care locally, from oncologists seeing a full…
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