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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 www.hematology.org Tel: [phone] CONTENTS VOLUME 01 | NUMBER 05 | MAY 2015 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director, Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland, OH ASSOCIATE EDITORS Beth Faiman, CNP, PhD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH Alice Ma, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC David Steensma, MD HIGH COSTS, HIGH VALUE? Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBA Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ Efforts to Protest High Cancer Drug Prices Underwa y... p. 68 PUBLISHER American Medical Communications EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITORS Ariel Jones-DeMaio, AMC Karen Learner, ASH ART DIRECTOR Ari Mihos ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Charlene DePrizio DIGITAL PROJECTS MANAGER Chris Gedikli 10 EDITOR’S CORNER by David Steensma, MD UP FRONT 12 13 17 19 20 The Society Pages ASH Directions Pulling Back the Curtain Hematology Link Advanced Practice Perspectives Gene Conselyea [email protected] Recruitment advertising orders can be sent to: DIRECTOR, RECRUITMENT CLASSIFIEDS John Baltazar, CSMR [email protected] CLINICAL NEWS 22 26 28 30 44 52 53 Latest & Greatest Practice Update Data Stream Written in Blood Literature Scan Trial Roundup On Location TRAINING and EDUCATION 61 63 64 67 ©2015 by the American Society of Hematology. All materials contained in this newsletter are protected by copyright laws and may not be used, reproduced, or otherwise exploited in any manner without the express prior written permission of ASH Clinical News. Any third-party materials communicated to ASH Clinical News become its copyrighted property and may be used, reproduced, or otherwise exploited by ASH Clinical News. 4 4 ASH News ASH Clinical News Mind the Gap: The ACA’s Medicaid Expansion Provision Leaves Vulnerable Patients Uncovered Years after the passing of the Affordable Care Act, the health-care community is only starting to see effects of states’ decisions to accept or forgo Medicaid program expansion. 74 ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER Nick Luciano [email protected] FEATURES Demystifying the Lab You Make the Call How I Teach Patient Education Drawing First Blood Is Fludarabine Dead in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia? Mitchell Smith, MD, PhD, and Steven Coutre, MD, debate whether or not there is still a role for fludarabine in the treatment of CLL. 80 BACK of the BOOK 82 Calendar 85 PASHions 86 The Break Room 91 Heard in the Blogosphere Subscription inquiries should be sent to: [email protected] All correspondence for the American Society of Hematology should be sent to: American Society of Hematology, 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900, Washington DC 20036. Neither the American Society of Hematology nor the publisher is responsible for statements made by any contributor. Statements or opinions expressed in ASH Clinical News magazine do not represent official policy of the American Society of Hematology unless so stated. No responsibility is assumed by the American Society of Hematology or the Publisher for any injury or damage to persons or property as a matter of product liability, negligence or otherwise or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein.  Although all advertising material published in ASH Clinical News magazine is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement by the American Society of Hematology or the Publisher of the quality or value of such product or of the claim made of it by its manufacturer. About the American Society of Hematology The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is the world’s largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatments of blood disorders. The mission of the Society is to further the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting the blood, bone marrow, and the immunologic, hemostatic and vascular systems, by promoting research, clinical care, education, training, and advocacy in hematology. ASH Clinical News (ISSN 2375-8120) is published by American Medical Communications, 630 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manalapan, NJ 07726. Periodicals postage is pending/paid at Manalapan, NJ and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to American Medical Communications, 630 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manalapan, NJ 07726. ©Copyright, 2015. May 2015