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[Abstract #2075] Resource and Reimbursement Barriers to Comprehensive Cancer Care (CCC) Delivery: An Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) Survey Research Analysis

May 29, 2020
Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2020 (#ASCO20) Virtual Scientific Program, May 29 to May 31, 2020.

Authors

Al Bowen Benson III1, Leigh Boehmer2, Latha Shivakumar2, Julia Rachel Trosman3, Christine B. Weldon3, Elizabeth A. Hahn4, Sheetal Mehta Kircher5

1Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL; 2Association of Community Cancer Centers, Rockville, MD; 3Center for Business Models in Healthcare, Chicago, IL; 4Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; 5Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Comprehensive cancer care (CCC) delivery is recommended in guidelines, required by accreditation bodies, and essential for high-quality cancer management. Barriers such as insufficient reimbursement and lack of specialist staff, prevent consistent access to and delivery of CCC, particularly supportive oncology services.

Challenges persist in community programs, where access to philanthropy and similar funding is limited. ACCC conducted a representative survey of its member programs to elucidate capacity and barriers to CCC delivery in the community setting in order to inform policy and value-based payment reform.




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