We study how insurance rules, payment models and the structure of health systems shape access to cancer surgery and treatment, and we build public tools that track those policies as they change.
Medicaid work requirements and cancer: federal rules, state-by-state frailty verification, early outcomes and projected effects on screening and treatment.
Open the tracker →Private equity and hospital consolidation, and what they mean for access to and quality of cancer surgery.
How Medicare's bundled payment models, including TEAM, reach patients having cancer operations.
The Cancer Policy Lab is led by Adrian Diaz, MD, MPH, a surgical oncologist and health services researcher. Our work has appeared in JAMA Oncology, Health Affairs and Annals of Surgery.
For data requests, media inquiries or collaboration: hello@cancerpolicylab.org