Journal of oncology practice
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The Oncology Care Model (OCM) is an alternative payment model administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that is structured around 6-month chemotherapy treatment episodes. This report describes the CMS-sponsored OCM evaluation and summarizes early evaluation findings. ⋯ Early findings from the OCM evaluation demonstrate modest program-related impacts on some acute care services and no change in total episode payments. Early findings may not reflect practice redesign efforts that were phased in after the beginning of OCM.