Dr. Pecora on How the OCM Will Transform Operations For His Physician Group

Video

Andrew L. Pecora, MD, president of the Physician Services Division and chief innovation officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, discusses the Oncology Care Model (OCM) and other aspects of healthcare reform.

Andrew L. Pecora, MD, president of the Physician Services Division and chief innovation officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, discusses the Oncology Care Model (OCM) and other aspects of healthcare reform.

RCCA is a chain of roughly two dozen independent cancer clinics. This group of cancer centers has already been working with many different private payers to implement value programs, so Pecora doesn’t see profoundly different changes occurring at RCCA in order to accommodate the reform focus of the OCM.

However, many practices around the country have not had the advantage of prior experience with these types of programs, and the OCM for them will be a big step forward. These practices will have to learn how to ensure that care continues effectively and in a timely, well coordinated way after the oncologist has done his or her part and other physicians and healthcare providers enter the picture.

Related Videos
Ricardo D. Parrondo, MD, hematologist/oncologist, Mayo Clinic
Ilyas Sahin, MD
Raj Singh, MD
Jaime R. Merchán, MD, professor, co-leader, Translational and Clinical Oncology Research Program, director, Phase 1 Clinical Trials Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Saad J. Kenderian, MB, CHB
Tycel Phillips, MD
Minesh Mehta, MD
Shivaani Kummar, MBBS, FACP, Margaret and Lester DeArmond Endowed Chair of Cancer Research, Professor and Division Head, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine; co-director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, co-deputy director, Knight Cancer Institute
Andre Goy, MD
Wenxin (Vincent) Xu, MD,