Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (RO Model) - Press Kit

On September 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for an advanced alternative payment model (RO-Model) for radiation oncology. ASTRO's initial response to the final rule and related materials are available below, and our physician leaders are available for interviews on request.

Press Materials

Statements and Comment Letters

• Official Statement: ASTRO responds to CMS announcement on delayed Radiation Oncology Model start date, 10/21/20

• Letter from ASTRO, AMA, MGMA, and radiation oncology stakeholders to CMS and HHS, 10/2/20

• Official Statement: ASTRO responds to CMS Radiation Oncology Model: Implementation delay and more reforms needed, 9/18/20

• Letter from ASTRO to CMMI on the potential impact of COVID-19 on the RO Model, 7/22/20

• Press Release: Congressional leaders support radiation oncology community concerns about proposed Medicare alternative payment model, 11/13/19

• Official Statement: ASTRO comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding their proposed radiation oncology alternative payment model, 9/16/19
  • View ASTRO's comment letter to CMS here.
• Official Statement: Proposed radiation oncology alternative payment model to test new approach to cancer treatment payments, 7/10/19

• ASTRO Concept Paper: Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (RO-APM), 4/27/17

External: Resources from CMS

• Overview: Radiation Oncology Model, 9/18/20
• Fact Sheet: Radiation Oncology (RO) Model, 9/18/20
• Final Rule: Medicare Program; Specialty Care Models to Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Expenditures, 9/18/20

ASTRO Experts Discuss the RO Model

• Podcast: Update from ASTRO on the Mandatory Radiation APM, Anne Hubbard with the Journal of Clinical Pathways, 3/31/20
• Video: Understanding the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model, Anne Hubbard with Imaging Technology News, 9/20/19
• Editorial: Radiation Oncology APM: Why us? Why now?, by Dr. Brian Kavanagh, 7/11/19
• Op-Ed: Why Radiation Oncology Needs an APM, by Anne Hubbard for OncLive, 11/3/17
• Statement: Response to HHS Secretary Azar’s comments on a radiation oncology alternative payment model, 11/8/18
• Infographic: Radiation oncologists are ready to participate in an advanced alternative payment model
• Blog post: RO-APM: What we know, what we don’t and what it all means, 2/14/19
• Blog post: MIPS scores have radiation oncology asking, that's it?, 8/8/18

Press Contacts and Social Media

Direct questions and interview requests to ASTRO’s media relations team by email or at 703-286-1600.

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