Fort Myers, Fla., July 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The American Oncology Network, LLC (AON) will continue following the Oncology Care Model (OCM), despite the program’s closure on June 30, 2022, and announces the implementation of a new care management program called Principal Care Management (PCM).
Since its inception in 2018, AON has participated in the OCM, which is a national innovative payment program of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Through its participation, AON’s affiliated practices have provided high-quality enhanced services to Medicare beneficiaries, such as care coordination, navigation and national treatment guidelines. Practices have also reduced the cost of cancer care through payment arrangements that include financial and performance accountability.
AON will continue to follow the OCM structure to maintain its practice transformation operational processes and remain poised for subsequent value-based care models in the future.
“AON practices have experienced the difference that the OCM has made in reducing the cost of care for our patients and boosting the overall sustainability of community oncology,” said AON Chief Medical Officer and acting physician at Genesis Cancer and Blood Institute Stephen “Fred” Divers, MD.
The new care management program, Principal Care Management, will launch today, July 1, across the AON network. It is a separate program from the OCM and is designed to provide care for…
