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6/1/2022 - Khoan Vu, M.D., discusses what inspired him to specialize in cancer care and shares a message for his patients.
Publication: OBR
3/10/2020 - Lalan Wilfong, M.D., executive vice president of Value-Based Care and Quality Programs at Texas Oncology, discusses what oncology practices and cancer centers need to know in order to thrive in the rapidly evolving Alternative Payment Model landscape. According to Dr. Wilfong, cancer centers need to understand how their practices behave, report quality metrics, and provide care, as well as identify deficiencies and areas for improvement.
Publication: OBR
1/20/2020 - Lalan Wilfong, M.D., executive vice president of Value-Based Care and Quality Programs at Texas Oncology, discussed Texas Oncology’s participation in the Oncology Care Model. According to Dr. Wilfong, the fact that the alternative two-sided risk arrangement calculates financial payments and penalties on the basis of a practice’s revenue, not expenditures, was one reason Texas Oncology chose to move to downside risk.
Publication: American Journal of Managed Care
10/29/2019 - What would a successor to the Oncology Care Model (OCM) look like? Lalan Wilfong, M.D., medical oncologist with Texas Oncology–Presbyterian Cancer Center Dallas, and other community oncologists discussed ways to build on the investment at the Payer Exchange Summit sponsored by the Community Oncology Alliance.
Publication: Journal of Clinical Pathways
10/18/2019 - As part of the Journal of Clinical Pathways' Outspoken Oncology podcast, Lalan Wilfong, M.D., of Texas Oncology–Presbyterian Cancer Center Dallas discusses aspects of clinical pathway integration. Dr. Wilfong highlights ways in which clinical pathway integration can help in potentially reducing the administrative burdens placed on physician, due to decreased authorization needs, and about Texas Oncology's network review process for off-pathway justifications.
Publication: Journal of Clinical Pathways
10/8/2019 - At the 2019 ASCO Quality Care Symposium, Lalan Wilfong, M.D., of Texas Oncology–Presbyterian Cancer Center Dallas, discussed the delivery of high-quality care in multi-site networks with a reporter from Journal of Clinical Pathways. The interview highlights Dr. Wilfong’s perspective on the most important components of a multi-site network that implements high-quality care, challenges that large networks face and technology serving as a solution to said challenges, strategies that Texas Oncology implements, Texas Oncology’s medically integrated pharmacy, and an overview of Texas Oncology’s clinical pathways program.
Publication: Journal of Clinical Pathways
9/30/2019 - Ahead of the 2019 Oncology Clinical Pathways Congress (OCPC) forum, Lalan Wilfong, M.D., executive vice president of value-based care and quality programs at Texas Oncology, alongside two additional OCPC 2019 presenters shared a preview of what Congress attendees could expect to learn. Dr. Wilfong’s commentary highlights the challenges associated with integrating clinical pathways into an EHR, as well as how pathway integration into an EHR can reduce the burden placed on oncologists.
6/21/2019 - Dr. Lalan Wilfong, Texas Oncology’s vice president of value based care and quality programs, discusses the important role of communication in care, recovery, and overcoming the cancer fear factor.
Publication: American Journal of Managed Care.
1/18/2019 - Lalan Wilfong, hematologist and medical oncologist with Texas Oncology–Presbyterian Cancer Center Dallas, discusses key learnings in the Oncology Care Model (OCM) and how they can be applied to other reform models. Dr. Wilfong outlines how Texas Oncology's experience with the OCM has enabled the practice to develop its patient-centric approach and increase shared decision making with patients.
Publication: American Journal of Managed Care
12/29/2018 - Lalan Wilfong, medical oncologist and hematologist with Texas Oncology–Presbyterian Cancer Center Dallas, discusses the Oncology Care Model (OCM) and the ways in which the model has been challenging for practices. According to Dr. Wilfong, the OCM has helped Texas Oncology become more patient-centric in its approach to cancer care.