New Century Infusion Solutions, Inc. (NCIS), the first Oncology
Benefit Management (OBM) company, is pleased to announce the publication
of a white paper by the Lewin Group: “Medicare Cancer Care
Coordination Using The Integrated Single Specialty Provider (ISSP)
Model.” The report estimates that over a 10-year horizon, a payer could
realize oncology savings of “$16.3 million for every 10,000 Medicare
beneficiaries included in the ISSP arrangement.”
“Applying the model
more broadly in the Medicare arena creates particularly large-scale
savings opportunities.”
According to Joel Menges, a Lewin Group Managing Director and the
report’s lead author, “The Integrated Single Specialty Provider model’s
ability to initially hold flat a payer’s outpatient cancer costs creates
considerable savings given the sharp trends typically occurring in this
sector.” In addition, commented Menges, “Applying the model
more broadly in the Medicare arena creates particularly large-scale
savings opportunities.”