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Killing Medicare Part D Rebate Rule a Huge Gift to Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)
The Trump Administration is withdrawing a proposed rule to eliminate rebates which would have lowered drug prices and in turn benefited patients with cancer. Because of this, your drug prices are likely to increase. Here is the link to the article from Community Oncology Alliance (COA). You may want to reach out to your state senator/representative to give your feedback. Click here to read the article. *** Opened New Location **** On January 18th, 2019 we opened a satellite office in St. Charles. See attached picture. The address is -- 1551 Wall Street, Suite 400 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 314-291-3312 Fax: 314-291-4641 Dr Craig Hildreth Dr. Hildreth wrote a blog in Cancer Network in October 2018. Here is a link to the article. Dr. Stephen Allen C2018. We are all sad to see him leave. See pictures of his retirement party. Medpage Today Dr. Craig Hildreth wrote an article on "Next-Gen Sequencing: The Clinical Conundrum" on the Medpage Today website. To read the article please click here. Winter Lung Cancer Dr. J Daniel Cuevas participated in the Winter Lung Conference in Florida. Research Paper Dr. J Daniel Cuevas co-authored a research paper in the British Journal of Haematology on "Bendamustine, bortezomib and rituximab produces durable complete remissions in patients with previously untreated, low grade lymphoma." To read the abstract please click on the link here. Electronic Statements For anyone who has given us their email address, we will soon start sending an electronic statement in a secure fashion. Feel free to call our billing office with any questions - (314) 628-1423. Cancer Network One of our physicians got his blog published on the Cancer Network (http://www.cancernetwork.com/). You can read "It is Ease to Forget " by Dr. Craig Hildreth it in our blog section dated November 21 th 2017 Medicare Quality Program All of our physicians received a 100% on the Medicare Quality program also known as PQRS. Flatiron Conference Two of our Physicians attended the Flatiron Conference ( September 15-17th) in Las Vegas. Copay Fraud We have been notified by Pfizer Management that Rx123 is a fraudulent copay assistance program. Please call us if you get notified about any copay assistance so that we can make sure it is legitimate. Best Doctors by St. Louis Magazine St. Louis Cancer Care Physicians once again named as "Best Doctors" by St. Louis Magazine. Recent advances an update on Melanoma of the skin Dr. Daniel Cuevas wrote a blog on " Recent advances an update on Melanoma of the skin" in our blog section. Patient Assistance Last year we found over $400,000 in patient assistance for our patients that are getting both oral and IV chemotherapy. To see our previous stories click here. |
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