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Seeking a great way to enhance your navigation program and best understand the specific needs of your patients and families? Consider conducting a patient and family focus group. I have always gotten the best feedback and ideas for our navigation program from hosting a patient and family focus group. And I now incorporate focus groups sessions into many of my cancer program site visits. It is …
The biosimilar market is heating up. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 23 biosimiliars to date, and they are increasingly being made available to U.S. consumers. In July, Amgen and Allergan launched the first two anticancer biosimilars in the U.S. market. According to their manufacturers, these biologics alternatives—Mvasi®, a bevacizumab biosimilar referencing Avastin®, and …
March is National Nutrition Month. ACCCBuzz has invited guest blogger Colleen Gill, MS, RD, CSO, to share her perspectives on the value dietitian services can bring to cancer care services. Ms. Gill is a clinical dietitian with the University of Colorado Cancer Center. She is also serves on the ACCC Board of Trustees. Although 90 percent of cancer treatment occurs in clinics, dietitian services have …
The impact of rising insurance deductibles and out-of-pocket healthcare costs on patients and their families continues to be a generous source of headline news. The healthcare costs insured patients are expected to shoulder today compared to just a decade ago are alarming. According to a recent nationwide poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation, individuals …
Resonating across sessions at last week’s 34th ACCC National Oncology Conference: EHR issues. One sentence takeaway: As data collection and reporting requirements multiply, the ideal oncology EHR solution remains elusive. Here’s a snapshot of what we heard during Friday’s panel discussion on “Strategies for Optimizing Your EHR”: the good, the bad, and, yes, the getting better. Control, or lack …
As healthcare costs in the United States continue to skyrocket, payers are increasingly using step therapy as a cost-containment strategy for newer, more expensive drugs. To help oncologists and their care teams better understand how to manage the step therapy model within their practices, ACCC has produced a four-part video lecture series entitled, “Perspectives on Step Therapy in Oncology.” The …
ACCC recently held its first Financial Advocacy Network (FAN) Case-Based Workshop of 2016. Attendees representing a wide range of professionals working in financial advocacy joined in lively discussions across the continuum of cancer care in the community. Even today, many cancer programs do not have enough dedicated financial advocates providing support and assistance to cancer patients who struggle …
Now in its 10th year, ACCC’s Trending Now in Cancer Care survey continues to bring into focus the proactive and reactive responses of cancer programs to shifts in the business of cancer care delivery. As they have throughout the past decade, in 2019, survey respondents nationwide told ACCC how they are handling the intersecting levers of change that continue to buffet oncology care. As developments …
Scott Steiner’s experience working with oncology financial navigator Dan Sherman, MA, at Mercy Health Lacks Cancer Center, started nearly nine years ago in 2007, when Scott was first diagnosed with a rare gastrointestinal cancer. Recently Scott was interviewed for a Washington Post article on the growing field of financial advocacy for cancer patients, Tackling the Financial Toll of Cancer, One Patient …
ACCC President Ali McBride, PharmD, MS, BCOP, welcomed attendees to the Oncology Pharmacy Education Network (OPEN) Pre-Conference October 30, in Orlando, Florida. This year marks the 15th anniversary of OPEN, and day's agenda reflected a growing range of responsibilities encompassed under pharmacy management and the evolving role of the oncology pharmacist in an era of accelerating knowledge, …
To demonstrate their delivery of comprehensive, high-quality cancer care, many cancer programs across the country seek accreditation from The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC). When a program earns CoC accreditation, it is recognized for its commitment to excellence in multidisciplinary patient-centered care. The requirements to earn and maintain CoC accreditation are detailed …
This is the fifth post in a seven-blog series highlighting the achievements of the 2019 ACCC Innovator Award Winners. Join us at the upcoming ACCC 36th National Oncology Conference, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2019, in Orlando, Florida, where all of this year's Innovator Award recipients will be presenting on their pioneering initiatives. It has historically been difficult to obtain genetic cancer counseling …
This is the final post in a two-part series on creating a toolkit for caregivers. A recent symposium on Palliative Care in Oncology also called attention to the importance of ensuring that the needs of cancer patients’ caregivers are recognized. “Despite providing essential home and healthcare services, cancer caregivers are underserved and undervalued while facing a multitude of unmet needs,” said …
As it did other healthcare systems, the COVID-19 pandemic hit ChristianaCare unexpectedly. But the members of ChristianaCare’s Community Health Outreach and Education team had already laid critical groundwork that enabled them to quickly reach local at-risk and vulnerable populations when they needed it most. Reaching the Underserved ChristianaCare’s Community Health Outreach and Education Program …
Commission on Cancer (CoC)-accredited facilities must establish a cancer committee and charge it to develop and monitor all cancer program activities and cancer-education initiatives. The CoC Cancer Program Standards require that the cancer committee has multidisciplinary representation that includes physicians, other allied health professionals, and a cancer registrar. Cancer registrars play a critical …
In recognition of September as prostate cancer month, ACCCBuzz reviews the current landscape of prostate cancer care.
In July 2022, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act (H.R. 4040) to extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities enacted during the COVID-19 public health emergency through December 31, 2024. ACCC joined 375 patient and provider stakeholder groups in encouraging the Senate to adopt similar legislation to ensure a two-year extension to these telehealth …
ACCC’s recent 31st National Oncology Conference featured 45-minute “think tanks,” supported by a grant from Genentech, on four hot topics in oncology. This is the third in a four-part ACCCBuzz blog series recapping these discussions from Think Tank facilitator, Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, of MCM Education. The era of genomic personalized medicine is finally upon us and oncology professionals working in the …
Cheryl Fiscelli, MSN, RN, CAPA, and her team were facing a steep climb. They were tasked with standardizing patient education resources across the four regional locations in Colorado that make up the UCHealth Cancer Program (UCP). Each of the local UCP sites had their own distinct patient education resources and services. Much of the material they used had not been evaluated for years, and some patients …
May celebrates Oncology Nursing Month, and ACCC recognizes the integral role oncology nurses play in cancer care delivery.