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Improving Care Coordination For Lung Cancer Patients

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The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), building upon the National Cancer Institute’s Multidisciplinary Care Assessment Tool, created a model framework (Improving Care Coordination Model) for cancer care providers to use in improving care coordination for lung cancer patients covered by Medicaid.

The Model is a framework that includes 12 assessment areas with 5 levels. Within each level are service-asset criteria, with Level 1 representing the most basic provision of care and Level 5 representing the optimal best practice for care coordination. The Model is intended to help cancer programs improve to any achievable target level within a selected assessment area.

The Model is intended to be used by a multidisciplinary team that cares for cancer patients, including oncologists, hematologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers, financial advocates, and administrators. The Model supports an objective assessment on how cancer care is provided at an institutional level. It serves as a scaffolding to build quality improvement initiatives focused on care coordination for all patients.

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This project is supported by Regeneron.

Overview

Guided by an interdisciplinary Advisory Committee, led by physician champion co-principal investigators, and a Technical Expert Panel, ACCC developed the Model in three phases:

Phase One—Research and Beta Model Development
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Phase Two—Testing the Beta Model
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Phase Three—Data Analysis and Outcomes
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From Oncology Issues

An Optimal Care Coordination Model for Medicaid Patients with Lung Cancer: Finalization of the Model and Implications for Clinical Practice in the United States
Randall A. Oyer, MD, et al.

In this article, the authors discuss revisions to the Optimal Care Coordination Model following beta testing to develop the final version, rationale for significant revisions, and nationwide dissemination of the Model.
An Optimal Care Coordination Model for Medicaid Patients with Lung Cancer: Results from Beta Model Testing
Matthew P. Smeltzer, PhD, MSTAT, et al.

In 2016, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) initiated a three-year multiphase project to develop an Optimal Care Coordination Model (OCCM) for Medicaid patients with lung cancer that would help assess and strengthen care delivery systems by facilitating and expanding access to multidisciplinary coordinated care.
An Optimal Care Coordination Model for Medicaid Patients with Lung Cancer: Rationale, Development, and Design
Randall A. Oyer, MD, et al.

The OCCM was designed to be a usable framework that offers lung cancer programs, regardless of setting, size, and resource level, and the flexibility to conduct continuous assessments of care coordination practices and measure strengths and opportunities in the pursuit of optimal patient outcomes.

Abstracts & Presentations

Improving Care Coordination to Address Healthcare Inequities in Lung Cancer Nov 11, 2024
Presented at the IASCL 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer.
[Abstract #105] An Optimal Care Coordination Model (OCCM) for Medicaid Patients With Lung Cancer: Results From the Beta Model Testing Phase of a Multisite Initiative in the US Oct 9, 2020
Presented at the 2020 ASCO Quality Care Symposium.
[Abstract #104] An Optimal Care Coordination Model (OCCM) for Medicaid Patients With Lung Cancer: Finalization of the Model and Implications for Clinical Practice in the US Oct 9, 2020
Presented at the 2020 ASCO Quality Care Symposium.
[Abstract e14010] An Optimal Care Coordination Model for Medicaid Patients with Lung Cancer: Lessons Learned from the Beta Testing Phase of a Multisite Initiative May 29, 2020

Presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program
[Abstract] Establishing a Multi-Location Quality Improvement Initiative Jan 24, 2019
Presented at the 2019 Alliance Annual Conference in National Harbor, MD.
[Abstract #273] Creating an Optimal Care Coordination Model For Lung Cancer Patients on Medicaid Sep 28, 2018
Presented at 2018 ASCO Quality Care Symposium in Phoenix, AZ
[Abstract #12318] Creating an Optimal Care Coordination Model to Improve Multidisciplinary Care for Lung Cancer Patients on Medicaid Sep 23, 2018
Presented at IASLC 2018 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Toronto, Canada

Podcast

[PODCAST] Ep 24: Improving Lung Cancer Care Jun 10, 2020

Learn how two cancer programs used a unique quality improvement model to improve care for lung cancer patients who are uninsured or on Medicaid.

FROM THE ACCCBUZZ BLOG

Improving Care Coordination for Patients with Lung Cancer: The Basics
November 16, 2023
ACCC's Improving Care Coordination Model can lead to improved care and treatment outcomes for patients with lung cancer.
Improving Care Coordination for Patients with Lung Cancer: A Look at Best Practices
October 03, 2023
Insight from 2 ACCC members on the implementation of the Improving Care Coordination Model.
2020 ACCC Innovator Awards: Hospital Event Platform Better Monitors Patient Care
July 30, 2020
Eating the Elephant
July 06, 2020
ASCO Abstract: What Defines Quality Lung Cancer Care?
June 12, 2020
At the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2020 Virtual Scientific Program, ACCC presented seven abstracts that capture data spanning the organization’s diverse provider education portfolio.

News & Media

A critical component of reducing cancer mortality lies in achieving equity in care
STAT, Oct 19, 2021

Randall A. Oyer, MD, ACCC President, on the need to address disparities in health and the role of the ACCC Optimal Care Coordination Model project
OBR, June 8, 2018

Lung Cancer Care Quality Improvement Model Released by ACCC
Targeted Oncology, Aug 21, 2020

Association of Community Cancer Centers Releases Lung Cancer Care Quality Improvement Model
Aug 13, 2020

Our Supporter

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What They’re Saying

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The care coordination tool [the Model] really helped us formally evaluate our program. We knew that patients diagnosed with lung cancer were getting lost in our system. We had a lot of late-stage lung cancer patients, and we needed to improve our case planning so we could identify those patients sooner.

— Sherri Costa, MS, RN, AOCNS, Manager of Cancer Support Services & Quality Improvement Coordinator, Ascension Wheaton Memorial Medical Center

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