High-yield conversation regarding Health policy and healthcare finance with our friends from the @ASTRO_org early career podcast and my @ValHealthVoices podcast co-host @DrAmarExplains

Cancer Care, Policy Realities, And Lessons From Abroad - Dr. Amar Rewari, MD - @DrAmarExplains - Chief, Radiation Oncology, @LuminisHealth @ProgressPotent1 @ASTRO_org @ValHealthVoices @DrAntoParavati @FEAScholarships @YaleMed @Yale @irat1onal @Triple7PR #RadiationOncology

Healthcare dealmaking has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. All because of one major law: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. 💰 A $1 trillion Medicaid cut over 10 years = chaos for states and uncertainty for providers. Deals are being delayed, dropped, or

The proposed 2026 CMS rule could mean major reimbursement cuts. 🔹 33% for prostate cancer treatments 🔹 Nearly 20% for breast and skin cancer These cuts don’t just impact providers, they impact patients. Without proper funding, clinics can’t maintain staff, update equipment,

The U.S. government is STILL shut down — and it’s because of healthcare. Not immigration. Not defense spending. Healthcare. If you understand why, you’ll understand where the U.S. healthcare system is heading next. That’s what the smart operators are already modeling —

📰 Quoted in Daily Mail on the rise of a “taboo” cancer in women few talk about — anal cancer. Nearly 9 in 10 cases are caused by HPV, the same virus linked to cervical & throat cancers. Awareness, vaccination & early detection save lives. #CancerAwareness #HPV #WomensHealth

@yuanjamesrao @NBCNews This is a direct quote from an Annals of Surgical Oncology paper published in May 2025 on IORT, “When ELIOT reported a 15-year local recurrence of 12.6% for patients treated with IORT compared with 2.4% for WBRT (p < 0.0001)), support faded in the USA, and this was likely an

Appreciate these very kind words. Health policy and healthcare finance education for junior physicians and those in training is a major motivation behind the creation of the @ValHealthVoices podcast!

Always asking the key questions, Mark. My answer for now is, we should expect very specific guidance on this before the end of the year. For those less experienced than Mark who may read this, active motion management refers to intrafraction tracking of the tumor or

@DrAntoParavati One other question - how is "active motion management" defined - is that CMS or LCD or one of these grey-opinion zones? Assuming payments are reflective of value, this definition will be quite critical to any revenue calc.

Straight talk on @ValHealthVoices podcast on the implications of the @CMSGov #MPFS and #HOPPS proposed rules and their effect on procedural-based specialities with special focus on #radonc Special thanks to @ASTRO_org and @ACRORadOnc presidents @SameerKeoleMD and @blally_md for

and just like it, economics is cool (again?).

It's actually not even technically true. Tariffs cause the price of the foreign-made good to go up. As a consequence, the price of the US made replacement goes up as well. The USA tried this before with the Hawley Smoot Tariff Act. It ended in disaster.

Very kind of ARRO to plug our @ValHealthVoices podcast

Insurance prior authorization: delayed care and abandoned treatments 80% of the time . Grim survey data part 2 demonstrating the harmful impact of prior authorization on patients. Follow find the full episode wherever you get podcasts

Insurance prior authorization: delayed care and abandoned treatments 80% of the time . Grim survey data part 2 demonstrating the harmful impact of prior authorization on patients. Follow find the full episode wherever you get podcasts

I made a new friend today while representing @KetteringHealth at the #CrucialCatch @NFL game btwn the @Ravens and our @Bengals . What a moving experience to spend time @Paycor_Stadium with our cancer patients, survivors, and their families! Thank you for having me! Hi 👋

Hey. I heard y’all might be hankerin’ for more ASTRO in DC? Want a meeting here every year? I have the perfect thing💥SAVE THE DATE for ASTRO’s 21st Advocacy Day: May 19-20, 2025!💥

#ASTRO24 first class annual meeting in a first class City. @washingtondc @ASTRO_org , can we just have the meeting here every year? People are great, food is great. Can't wait to come back. Current location @maketto1351

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