Association of Community Cancer Centers Announces 47th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit

Dr. Kavita Patel to Kick off Virtual Meeting with Cancer Center Leaders to Discuss Oncology’s Post-Pandemic Future

Rockville, MD – The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) today announced the agenda for its 47^th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit (AMCCBS Virtual), to be held March 1 – 5, 2021. Healthcare executives, industry leaders, and cancer care providers from across the country will convene to discuss the forces shaping the future of healthcare delivery.

Kavita Patel, MD, MS, FACP, Fellow and Managing Director of the Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution, will open the meeting with a keynote address on the future of federal healthcare policy, discussing issues related to value-based care, the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model, the OCM/OCF and Radiation Oncology (RO) Models, drug pricing, the 340B drug discount program, telehealth, site-neutral payment policies, Stark Law and statute reforms.

The agenda, developed by leading oncology experts and cancer care professionals from diverse backgrounds, locations, and organizations, will cover hot-button issues impacting cancer programs and practices in the COVID-19 era and the strategies needed to emerge positioned for success post-pandemic. Attendees will interact with leading experts in provocative discussions and learn to better anticipate the future of personalized care, bring new innovations to patients and create value for programs.

Sessions will explore these focus areas, among others:

• Cancer Care in the COVID-19 Era
• Telehealth, Virtual Care Models, and Remote Monitoring
• Cancer Service Line Efficiency and Revenue Optimization
• Financial Impact of the Radiation Oncology Model
• Managing for Success
• New Models in Clinical Trials and Cancer Research
• The Next Wave in Oncology Transactions
• Understanding Antitrust and Oncology

What: Association of Community Cancer Centers 47^th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit

When: March 1-5, 2021

Where: Online, link to virtual platform to be provided upon registration. Attendees can register on ACCC’s website.  Members of the media are invited to attend and may contact ACCC for a registration code. Email lgardner@accc-cancer.org.

Featured Sessions:

Monday, March 1: COVID-19

• A New Day: Moving Forward Under the Biden Administration (Keynote)
• Cancer Care in the COVID-19 Era (Panel)

Tuesday: March 2: Telehealth, Virtual Care Models, and Remote Monitoring

• Policy Considerations for Adopting and Expanding Telehealth at Your Cancer Program
• Virtual Solutions: Oncology Telemedicine for Rural Communities
• Cancer Care During the Pandemic: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the Patient Perspective
• The Role of Remote Cancer Symptom Management in An Evolving Reimbursement Landscape
• Video Visits to Virtual Care Centers: The Evolving Digital Opportunity
• Prevention on the Go—Workplace
• Keeping Patients Connected to Telegenetics—During and Beyond COVID-19

Wednesday, March 3: Operational Efficiency and Revenue Optimization

• Cancer Service Line Efficiency and Revenue Optimization
• Optimizing Revenues and Outcomes
• Precision Cancer Care for Older Adult Oncology Patients: Digitalizing a System-Wide Geriatric Screening and Intervention Program
• A Dedicated Oncology Revenue Integrity Analyst Improves Revenue Collection and Mitigates Losses
• Care Code: Innovative Stress Relief for Oncology Staff
• Oncology Capture of Emergency Department Patients with Incidental Radiologic Findings
• Results from a National Survey of the Financial Impact of the Radiation Oncology Model

Thursday, March 4: Managing for Success

• Leveraging Data Analysis and Decision Support
• Hosting a Successful Men’s Health Screening: Strategic Alignment of Health Communication via Culturally Tailored Media, Marketing, and Community Engagement Efforts
• Progressive Employers Addressing Disparities in Cancer Care for Their Employees: Unlock Access to Leading-Edge Cancer Expertise
• Experience of a Large Cancer Center Adjusting to COVID-19
• Leveraging Data and a Virtual Rideshare Hub to Decrease Disparities & Drive Ambulatory Strategy
• Clinical Pathways as a Means to an End: Driving Value Across Your Cancer Center

Friday, March 5: Business Consolidation

• Research and Clinical Trials 
• Change is the Only Constant: The 2021 Regulatory “Level Set” in the Sprint to Value-Based Care
• The Sarah Cannon Model: Evolutionary Approach to Research
• The Next Wave in Oncology Transactions
• Biosimilar Adoption in Oncology: How Attitudes Have Changed and What’s Ahead?
• Understanding Antitrust and Oncology
• Supporting Oncology Nurses in a World of Dynamic Medical Knowledge

Friday, March 5: Special Sessions

• Quality Improvement in Breast Cancer Testing: Highlights from ACCC Member Programs
• ACCC Alternative Payment Model Coalition Workshop

This event is hosted by the Association of Community Cancer Centers, Cancer Center Business Development Group, and Foley & Lardner LLP.