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Carrier Advisory Committee Network Meeting 2005 Focuses on Key Issues in Medicare Coverage

The seventh Annual Meeting of the Hematology/Oncology Carrier Advisory Committee (CAC) Network provided a forum for the discussion of variations in Medicare coverage, carrier relations, and off-label uses of drugs for cancer treatment. Attendees of the meeting included approximately 100 participants in the CAC process, including hematology, oncology, and gynecologic oncology CAC representatives, hematology-oncology state society presidents, and members of practice/reimbursement committees of the American Society of Hematology, Society of Gynecologic Oncology, and ASCO, the three societies hosting the meeting.

The primary reason for variations in Medicare coverage is that 90% of coverage decisions are made at the local level, . . . [Click for More]

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