2010 Annual National Meeting: Overview

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Join your colleagues, bring your team to Baltimore!

Tough economic times and tight budgets demand strategies to do more with less. Let ACCC’s 36th Annual National Meeting be a guide for you and your cancer care team to stimulate your cancer care services and achieve your targets. We provide an outstanding blend of informative topics, expert advice, and professional networking that you won't find at any other oncology meeting.

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Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel
700 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410.385.3000; Fax: 410.895.1900
www.marriott.com

SPECIAL HOTEL ROOM OFFER
The Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel is holding a block of rooms for our group at a special rate of $209 per night plus 13.5% tax until March 1, 2010.

We've designed the program to help you and your team. Here are 6 great sessions you can't afford to miss!

POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE

Keynote Speakers:

Fred Barnes,
Executive Editor,
The Weekly Standard Bill Press,
Host of
"The Bill Press Show"

Join us for a special presentation on Healthcare Reform. Gain insider insight with a comic spin from Bill Press and Fred Barnes.

2010 Cancer Care Trends. Lee Blansett, MBA, MattsonJack - A Kantar Health Company

Here’s an analysis of ACCC's 2010 "Cancer Care Trends" survey of community cancer centers. Get a snapshot of your peers. Find out about staffing levels, the state of capital budgets and purchases of new technologies, and reliance on private practices. Are hospitals moving toward increased physician employment? What’s the impact? How are programs demonstrating value through operating performance, quality report cards, and outcomes? Find practical answers to benchmark your oncology services and chart your course in 2010 and beyond.

Healthcare Reform and Its Impact on Oncology. Matt Brow, US Oncology

Proposed changes to health insurance, Medicare, and other payment structures will certainly have an impact on cancer care delivery. We'll examine how new legislation will realign reimbursement incentives and create opportunities for community oncology programs and practices.

Building a New Cancer Center: Lean & Green. Mark Parkinson, Park Nicollet Frauenshuh Cancer Center, and Brad Krump, BWBR Architects

Green, patient-centered cancer centers that bring all care to the patient is one trend in 2010. How can blood draws, nurse assessments, physician visits, IV therapy and appointment scheduling all be done in the privacy of the patient’s suite, so that patients can conserve energy for what is most important to them? Learn the answers and what programs are doing to meet LEED certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

How to Leverage Clinical and Business Tools to Drive Quality and Value-Based Cancer Care. Kim Bergstrom, PharmD, McKesson Specialty Care Solutions

Learn tools to benchmark compliance and demonstrate quality improvements. Understand the importance of developing standardized treatment regimens and associated treatment orders.

Help! What Do Patients Want? A Summary of Evidence-Based Design. Natalie Petzoldt, Cannon Design

Designing a patient-centered facility presents unique challenges. Nearly ten years ago, Cannon Design began a pilot study focused on oncology infusion treatment areas. The goal was to understand the environmental design elements that affect perception of the space. Survey results demonstrate the importance of guest accommodations, privacy, daylight, contact with staff, and more. How can your infusion treatment services take advantage of these research findings?

Plus: Successful Alignment Models for Building a Multidisciplinary Cancer Program, Comparative Effectiveness, National Perspective on Workforce Shortages, Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer, The Impact of the Economy on Pharmacy Services, Updates from CMS and Private Payers, and more. Click here to read the conference program.

EXHIBIT INFORMATION
You'll find innovative solutions and state-of-the-art technologies at the Exhibit Hall. Talk to the innovators. The Exhibit Hall will be open on Thursday, March 18, 2010. If you are interested in exhibiting, please contact Mal Milburn at 301.984.5074 or by email to mmilburn@accc-cancer.org.

PRIVATE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS POLICY
Social functions at which attendance is restricted to either verbal or written invitations are not permitted to occur during any official ACCC activity. Hospitality suites must be approved in advance by ACCC. For function space or hospitality suite consideration, please contact ACCC’s Senior Coordinator, Programs & Meetings, Carole Miller, at 301.984.9496 ext. 244, or fax your request to 301.770.1949.

GUESTS
A spouse/significant other/friend/adult-child, who is not registered for the meeting, may participate in the evening receptions, provided he or she signs in at the meeting registration desk for a name badge. All other meeting activities are limited to registered attendees.

RECOMMENDED DRESS
Meeting sessions and receptions: Business casual. Reminder: Meeting room temperatures and personal comfort ranges vary. Since meeting rooms often seem cold, please bring either a sweater or jacket.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
The Association of Community Cancer Centers is committed to making educational activities accessible to all participants so they may be actively involved in the meeting. If you have special needs as identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act, please check the Special Services box on the registration form, or utilize the Special Instructions box on the online registration form. An ACCC staff member will contact you.

NO SMOKING POLICY
This hotel, like all Marriott properties, has a no-smoking policy that covers the entire hotel.

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Keynote Speakers:

Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard	Bill Press, Host of "The Bill Press Show"