OncologyConnections
Providing care for cancer patients is one of the fastest growing areas in medicine due to new drugs, new indications for existing drugs, aging populations, new technology and better diagnostic screenings. And, for 60% of cancer patients, radiation therapy is a component of their treatment plan, yet there is considerable variation in how this care is delivered.
When you couple that variation in care with escalating annual cost trends, there is even more reason for a customized solution to safeguard the clinical efficacy, consistency and affordability of cancer treatment plans.
With NIA's fully customizable OncologyConnectionsSM solution for radiation oncology management, we bring you the power to fight against these variations in care and increases in cost. Depending upon your needs, this innovative solution also can connect NIA's depth of experience in radiology benefits management with the oncology drug management expertise of our sister company, ICORE, to provide a comprehensive solution for both radiation and medical oncology.
The Power of OncologyConnectionsSM
When you partner with NIA and utilize our
OncologyConnectionsSM solution, our team of experts work
with you and your providers to improve health care quality, reduce
unnecessary costs and to engage oncology patients in their health
care decisions. This comprehensive solution to radiation therapy
management, delivers more power to you, your providers and members
by:
- Providing comprehensive clinical assessment and management of treatment plans for radiation oncology sessions and services.
- Consulting with your oncology providers to ensure patients receive appropriate care. Our powerful clinical algorithms and guidelines, based on clinically accepted best-practices, effectively reduce the variation in care and enhance patient outcomes.
- Significantly reducing the cost of care through promoting the most efficient and effective radiation oncology sessions and services.
- Privileging providers who meet best-practice standards for experience, equipment and accreditation.
- Offering providers a wide range of educational and peer-to-peer consultative support.
- Educating and engaging consumers in their health care experience for better understanding of and compliance with their treatment plan.
Innovations in Oncology Care
The unique challenges of oncology management require a unique and innovative solution. Rapidly changing science, a wide variety of treatment options and the skyrocketing costs of providing cancer care, pose very real challenges to your business and your providers.
Through our innovative OncologyConnectionsSM solution, we address these challenges and help you stay ahead of the curve by efficiently and effectively managing the entire process for you.
OncologyConnectionsSM supports the entire process of oncology care, applying our team's unmatched clinical expertise, market-leading data analytics and best-practice clinical guidelines and algorithms to promote the most clinically appropriate approach.
Our approach includes management of the following modalities:
- Brachytherapy
- Conformal beam radiation therapy
- Intensity modulated radiation therapy
- Image guided radiation therapy
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy
- Proton beam therapy
For more information about how NIA's OncologyConnectionsSM can empower your business, your providers and your consumers through improved health care quality and outcomes, please contact us.