Ontario broke it own rules regarding contract management, according to a government audit
released Oct. 7 (www. cancercare. on. ca/common/pages/UserFile. aspx? fileId= 53453) …

Community cancer centers and oncology practices cannot afford to have their opportunities
limited or to lose money on services provided to commercial patients. Bottom line: cancer …

by Roberta Buell ggressive com-petition for managed care contracts is forcing so me phys
ician practices and cancer centers to accept substandard managed care contracts that may …

Oncology Issues July/August 2008 31 committed to forcing the vendor to negotiate a contract
that is mutually beneficial to both parties. Keep in mind: cancer programs willing to commit to …

The federal agencies respon-sible for regulating financial relationships among oncology
providers had a busy year in 2008. In the past year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid …

The primary focus of most managed care contract negotiations is rates. Many contracts are
filled with boilerplate language, much of which can be overly long, complex, and …

by Kim R. Johnson ue to the rapid growth in managed care and prepaid plan contracti,;, &,
large corporanons as well as private capital investors look to health care as an opportunity …

GAO reported in October 2009 that pervasive deficiencies in CMS contract management
internal control increased the risk of improper payments or waste. Specifically, based on a …

Sophisticated buyers of computer hardware and software should approach contract
negotiations with a sense of caution tempered with an understanding of certain warning …

The launch of Health​ Care​. gov in 2013 was a disaster. A new report from the Health and
Human Services Inspector General (IG) describes how the department mishandled the …