Oncology Care Model

The quality metrics that were put in place with the Oncology Care Model (OCM) support the lowering of costs. When navigators use AONN+'s Metrics Toolkit, their metrics can coincide with those that are being used in OCM.

Rani Khetarpal shares the 3 payment avenues for the Oncology Care Model.

Within the Oncology Care Model, the largest costs are attributed to drugs and in-patient hospitalizations. Oncology nurse and patient navigators are essential to reducing emergency room utilization and hospitalizations.

The Oncology Care Model has made a positive impact on improving access and appropriateness to care while keeping the care patient-centered.

Rani Khetarpal shares how models like OCM can be successful. Utilizing an outcomes-based clinical pathway tool and practice transformation are large factors in the success of the models.

The Oncololgy Care Model is a total cost of care model, meaning that within a 6-month episode, the oncologist is responsible for the cost associated with that particular beneficiary.

Rani Khetarpal shares how she became involved in AONN+ and why she took a leadership role in the organization.

Rani Khetarpal explains what goes into making the decision of moving into a 2-sided risk model along with the benefits and challenges of the model.

AONN+ Metrics Subcommittee Co-Chairs Danelle Johnston and Tricia Strusowski describe how the AONN+ National Navigation Metrics study attempts to find a way to measure progams and performance in order to demonstrate the ways in which oncology navigators impact patient experience and outcomes, and providers' return on investment.