Medicare is providing a 5 year cancer treatment program as of this July. UPDATE:Map of centers

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This is really huge deal, since talking about it started in 1999. I have read the info. about how the grants, and programs work, and that our local rural hospital has one!
The reason this is so cool is I knew I had cancer when I felt the lump June 9, had mastectomy July 14th, and was instantly referred to the new cancer program in our hospital. Otherwise I would have had a 2 hour 90 mile trip down to Mobile for everything, which is incredibly exhausting......180 miles a day round trip, 4 hours just driving does not leave much room for those 8 am appointments.


The program is targeting some rural hospitals, so urban cancer treatment clinics who got the grants moved a team from Mobile to my rural county hospital.
And it is billed as outpatient.....even the mastectomy was "outpatient" thus saving me the high deductible for "inpatient".
Medicare Part B covers cancer drugs used in outpatient (and inpatient) cancer treatment if the drug is administered by the hospital or clinic or dr.
as opposed to a patient buying the drug by prescription.
( 20% co-pay applies to the drugs used and some lab. services)

This new program has sites across the country. I am trying to remember where I filed the location maps.

Here is map of treatment centers for this program.
On left hand side of map is a drop down where you can enter your state.
https://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/map/index.html#model=oncology-care-model

Please notice: your county/area might be listed under a larger medical center.
For instance, my county is listed on map as being part of a Mobile Ala Cancer hospital. So there is no "dot" on my state map of our county.