Commentary: CMS misses opportunity to help cure many cancer patients

Although science has provided immeasurable hope for cancer patients whose illnesses would have once been incurable, recent actions – or rather inaction – by Medicare signals a clear misunderstanding of the importance of adequate payment policies on the lives of cancer patients nationwide.Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) once again did not address the need to reform hospital payment policy for patients who require stem cell or cord blood transplants i