Patient Safety Awareness Week 2025
Posted: March 4, 2025The entire house of medicine will be observing Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) next week, March 9-15, 2025. This is an opportunity to bring attention to safety initiatives, acknowledge staff leading safety advances and celebrate accomplishments in quality improvement.
Radiation Oncology Reimbursement Could Face Major Changes in 2026
Posted: February 25, 2025The landscape of radiation oncology coding and reimbursement is undergoing the most significant shift in over a decade. With ongoing Medicare payment cuts and increased practice expenses, the financial stability of radiation oncology practices is at stake. Understanding these changes is essential to practice business planning, as well as the need to engage in advocacy to ensure that patients have access to high-quality care.
Quality Control, Peer Review and (Possibly) Production: The Life of a Manuscript Submitted to ASTRO Journals
Posted: February 19, 2025You’ve finalized a research paper, gathered all the disclosure forms and clicked “submit” to one of ASTRO’s journals! What happens next? This blog post will go through several aspects of the journal manuscript submission, review and publication processes, and provide tips for how to maximize efficiency.
Providers and Researchers Collaborate to Mitigate the Impacts of Wildfire on Cancer Care
Posted: January 29, 2025Most recently, wildfires in Southern California have presented unprecedented challenges for cancer patients and their health care providers. Amid the chaos, oncology teams have demonstrated remarkable resilience and unwavering commitment, ensuring the continuity of care for their patients under the most difficult circumstances.
Radiation Therapy in Focus: ASTRO’s New Public Awareness Campaign
Posted: January 15, 2025RT in Focus is a multi-pronged online effort to inform people who receive a diagnosis of cancer about the benefits of radiation therapy and help them make an informed treatment decision. Learn more about the strategy behind the campaign and resources available for you and your patients.
2023 Survivor Circle Grants Awardees Based in California Provide Final Updates
Posted: December 18, 2024Two California-based organizations, Cancer Support Community Los Angeles (CSCLA) and Breast Cancer Angels, received ASTRO’s Survivor Circle grant of $12,500 and were honored at the 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego. ASTRO followed up with both organizations to learn more about how the grants provided tangible support in the past year.
Expanding Access and Diversity in Clinical Trials: A Call to Action for Radiation Oncology
Posted: December 11, 2024Diversity in clinical trials is a critical component of meaningful, applicable research. Dr. Chika Madu shares five key steps that RO teams can take to dismantle barriers and build more inclusive trials.
Celebrating the 12 days of gRADitude with ROI - the ASTRO Foundation!
Posted: December 2, 2024Every person deserves access to the best radiation therapy to live a longer, healthier life. That’s why the Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI) — the ASTRO Foundation — is accelerating bold and innovative ideas in radiation therapy. From Monday, December 2 through Friday, December 13, ROI is celebrating the 12 days of gRADitude! Each day, we’ll share an amazing milestone from the past year, and we invite you to join us in amplifying radiation therapy’s impact by making a tax-deductible donation.
ASTRO’s Efforts with Promoting Radiopharmaceutical Therapy in Radiation Oncology
Posted: November 19, 2024ASTRO has been actively developing resources for radiopharmaceutical therapies and continues to advocate for radiation oncology in many ways. Here is a roundup of efforts over the past several years.
The ROCR Act: Past, Present and Future
Posted: November 6, 2024As 2024 winds down, this is a good time to take stock of radiation oncology’s efforts to advance Medicare payment reform legislation, known as the Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act (S. 4330/HR 8404).
