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.