Oncology News Central (ONC)Independent Oncology Practices Share Ideas for Coexisting with Hospitals at COA

The panel discussion, titled “The Hospital Conundrum: A Gameplan for Fending Off Attacks and Coexisting,” was one of the sessions at the 2023 Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Conference, where panelists also shared strategies to discourage hospitals from acquiring independent oncology practices.

Hospitals and independent oncology practices have had contentious relationships at times. Some independent practices have claimed that 340B hospitals frequently engage in unethical business practices, such as acquiring or establishing satellite clinics near independent practices.