Aetna Cancer Pathways Program Aims For 'Value-Based' Prescribing
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
“For many malignancies, there is no ‘best treatment’ but there may be tremendous differences in cost,” Aetna National Medical Director, Oncology Solutions Michael Kolodziej says.
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