[Abstract #31] Resource and Reimbursement Barriers to Care Delivery at ASCO QCS

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

Background

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 order to inform policy and value-based payment reform.