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Health Plans Use New Strategies to Control the Soaring Costs of Oncology

The same medical advances that are transforming cancer from a life-threatening acute condition to a chronic issue are challenging health insurers and other payers struggling to pay for the soaring costs of treatment. In response, insurers are focusing on both the condition and the cure, rolling out intensive disease management (DM) programs to improve care for oncology patients while also tackling the soaring cost of cancer medications.

Cancer trails only heart disease as the leading cause of death in America, and is diagnosed in more than 1 million people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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