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Comparative Costs of Advanced Proton and Photon Radiation Therapies: Lessons from Time-driven Activity-based Costing in Head and Neck Cancer

By: Nikhil G. Thaker, Steven J. Frank and Thomas W. Feeley
Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) is an innovative costing tool in healthcare that can be used to directly compare the true cost of competing technologies over the full care cycle. Rather than only comparing therapeutic effectiveness over a limited number of... View Details
Keywords: Head And Neck Cancer; IMRT; Proton Therapy; Time-Driven ABC; Information Technology; Activity Based Costing and Management; Medical Specialties
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Thaker, Nikhil G., Steven J. Frank, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Comparative Costs of Advanced Proton and Photon Radiation Therapies: Lessons from Time-driven Activity-based Costing in Head and Neck Cancer." Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research 4, no. 4 (2015): 297–301.
  • February 2014
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Developing a System to Track Meaningful Outcome Measures in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

By: Ronald S. Walters, Heidi W. Albright, Randal S. Weber, Thomas W. Feeley, Ehab Y. Hanna, Scott B. Cantor, Carol M. Lewis and Thomas W. Burke
The health care industry, including consumers, providers, and payers of health care, recognize the importance of developing meaningful, patient-centered measures. This article describes our experience using an existing electronic medical record largely based on free... View Details
Keywords: Cancer Treatment; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Outcomes Measurement; Health Care and Treatment; Measurement and Metrics; Health Industry; North and Central America
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Walters, Ronald S., Heidi W. Albright, Randal S. Weber, Thomas W. Feeley, Ehab Y. Hanna, Scott B. Cantor, Carol M. Lewis, and Thomas W. Burke. "Developing a System to Track Meaningful Outcome Measures in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment." Head & Neck 36, no. 2 (February 2014): 226–230. (e-Pub 6/2013. PMID: 23729280.)
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Patterns of Technology Use Among Patients with Head and Neck Cancer and Implications for Telehealth

By: Chloe Warinner, Tuna Cem Hayirli, Regan Bergmark, Rosh Sethi and Eleni Rettig
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Warinner, Chloe, Tuna Cem Hayirli, Regan Bergmark, Rosh Sethi, and Eleni Rettig. "Patterns of Technology Use Among Patients with Head and Neck Cancer and Implications for Telehealth." OTO Open 5, no. 2 (April–June 2021).
  • February 2018
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Development and Feasibility of Bundled Payments for the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer: A Pilot Program

By: Tracy Spinks, Alexis Guzman, Beth M. Beadle, Seohyun Lee, Ron Walters, Jim Incalcaterra, Ehab Hanna, Amy Hessel, Randal Weber, Sandra Denney, Lee Newcomer and Thomas W. Feeley
Purpose: Despite growing interest in bundled payments to reduce the costs of care, this payment method remains largely untested in cancer. This 3-year pilot tested the feasibility of a 1-year bundled payment for the multidisciplinary treatment of head and neck... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management
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Spinks, Tracy, Alexis Guzman, Beth M. Beadle, Seohyun Lee, Ron Walters, Jim Incalcaterra, Ehab Hanna, Amy Hessel, Randal Weber, Sandra Denney, Lee Newcomer, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Development and Feasibility of Bundled Payments for the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer: A Pilot Program." Journal of Oncology Practice 14, no. 2 (February 2018): e103–e121.
  • 01 Nov 2019
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Trump to pick Texas cancer doctor to head FDA

  • November 25, 2015
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Developing Bundled Reimbursement for Cancer Care

By: Thomas Feeley, Tracy E. Spinks and Alexis Guzman
This case study describes the development of a bundled reimbursement pilot for head and neck cancer patients treated at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The study describes the steps involved and the challenges to new alternative payment models in... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry; Health Industry
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Feeley, Thomas, Tracy E. Spinks, and Alexis Guzman. "Developing Bundled Reimbursement for Cancer Care." NEJM Catalyst (November 25, 2015).
  • November–December 2010
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A Method for Defining Value in Healthcare Using Cancer Care as a Model

By: Thomas W. Feeley, Heidi Albright, Ronald Walters and Thomas W. Burke
Value-based healthcare delivery is being discussed in a variety of healthcare forums. This concept is of great importance in the reform of the US healthcare delivery system. Defining and applying the principles of value-based competition in healthcare delivery models... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Healthcare; Health; Management; Measurement and Metrics; Health Industry; North and Central America
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Feeley, Thomas W., Heidi Albright, Ronald Walters, and Thomas W. Burke. "A Method for Defining Value in Healthcare Using Cancer Care as a Model." Journal of Healthcare Management 55, no. 6 (November–December 2010): 399–412. (This article won the Edgar C. Hayhow Award from the American College of Healthcare Executive in 2012 as the article of the year in the Journal of Healthcare Management.)
  • September 2011
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A Cancer Center Puts the New Approach to Work: Pilot

By: Heidi W. Albright and Thomas W. Feeley
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, located in Houston, Texas. Seeing more than 30,000 new patients every year, MD Anderson accounts for approximately 20% of cancer care within the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Quality; Measurement; Costing; Accounting; Health; Quality; Health Industry; North and Central America
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Albright, Heidi W., and Thomas W. Feeley. "A Cancer Center Puts the New Approach to Work: Pilot." R1109B. Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011): 15–16. (This article is a sidebar description of a pilot of time-driven activity-based costing in the HBR article "How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care" by Robert S. Kaplan and Michael E. Porter.)
  • 15 Dec 2014
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Curbing the cost of cancer care

  • 01 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

with insurance provider UnitedHealthcare to test a fixed-payment structure for a select group of head and neck cancer patients. Rather than... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 01 Sep 2004
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Salter New Head of External Relations

elective curriculum in the MBA Program, and chairman of the Advanced Management Program and the Inter-national Senior Managers Program. Salter is a trustee and director of the... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 01 Dec 2020
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Karmic Kickstart

imagined and caused me to engage in work that (I hope) has been useful to others. Even disastrous moments in our lives, it seems, can be an opportunity for rebirth. Douglas Schofield is on the management committee View Details
Keywords: transitions; higher education; travel; reflection; cancer; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • September 2014
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Defining the Value of Proton Therapy Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing

By: N.G. Thaker, A.B. Guzman, Thomas W. Feeley, T.M. Jones, J.R. Incalcaterra, C. Kolom, S.J. Frank, L.S. Tatum, Ronald S. Walters, Scott B. Cantor, D.I. Rosenthal, A.S. Garden, G.B. Gunn, C.D. Fuller and M.B. Palmer
Technological innovations in radiation therapy (RT) have rapidly improved the quality of care for patients with head and neck cancer. Intensity-modulated proton therapy (MPT) holds promise of further improving outcomes compared with the current photon-based technique... View Details
Keywords: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Activity Based Costing and Management
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Thaker, N.G., A.B. Guzman, Thomas W. Feeley, T.M. Jones, J.R. Incalcaterra, C. Kolom, S.J. Frank, L.S. Tatum, Ronald S. Walters, Scott B. Cantor, D.I. Rosenthal, A.S. Garden, G.B. Gunn, C.D. Fuller, and M.B. Palmer. "Defining the Value of Proton Therapy Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing." Oncology Payers, no. 1 (September 2014): 22–28.
  • 19 Jun 2019
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Connecting Patients and Providers

Greg Jarzabek (PLD 21, 2016) was living in London and working in finance when his mother was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in her native Poland. Jarzabek wanted to reach out to doctors around the... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Michael E. Porter May 2019 Value-Based Health Care Delivery: The Agenda for Head & Neck Surgery by Michael E. Porter April 2019 Redesigning Care to Provide Value at End of Life by Dr. Thomas Feeley March... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2010
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Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

(added, I think, by Ly Tran). Marc Pascarella was also possibly the only student to employ a massaging seat cover during class. We did an auction fundraiser for cancer research in the second term in honor of a sectionmate’s mother, View Details
Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
  • 09 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

multidisciplinary treatment of head and neck cancers. Methods: Four prospective treatment-based bundles were developed for patients with selected View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

step toward successful integration. Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet by Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) and Carl Pope St. Martin’s Press Mayor Michael Bloomberg View Details
  • 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

Head of Diversity and Inclusion. Rachel was tasked with developing strategies to ensure that Yelp was attracting and retaining a diverse, productive workforce View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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