OSCO serves as the hub for oncology-related news and advances in Oklahoma. Our organization is made up of clinics and healthcare professionals working together to safeguard the rights of patients and to maintain high medical and ethical standards in the industry.
Takeda Oncology has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the label expansion for ALUNBRIG® (brigatinib) to include patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-naive. ALUNBRIG is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with ALK+ metastatic NSCLC as detected by an […]
Read More...Astellas has announced the assignment of a product-specific, permanent J-code for PADCEV. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the July 2020 Quarterly Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) File, which includes the designation of J9177 for PADCEV with the effective date of July 1, 2020.1 * Note that the product’s NDC code has been “zero-filled” […]
Read More...Novartis is pleased to announce that for dates of service on or after July 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a product-specific J-code: J0791 for injection, crizanlizumab-tmca, 5 mg. The updated billing unit is 5 mg. The new and unique J-code replaces all previous HCPCS codes for ADAKVEO® (crizanlizumab-tmca) […]
Read More...Due to ongoing public health concerns regarding COVID-19 and the concern for the safety and well-being of our members and supporters, OSCO is postponing all in-person events until 2021. Please watch for information about our future events.
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The Oklahoma Society of Clinical Oncology (OSCO) is Oklahoma’s only professional organization that represents all those in oncology. Our membership works to advance the sciences of hematology and oncology and its sub-specialties, and to improve services to the public by studying the socio-economic aspects of the practice of our members.
