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Because a recent JAMA article made a call to elevate health equity as the fifth aim for healthcare improvement, it’s clear that social work expertise and interventions have never been more important to comprehensive cancer care.
March 9, 2022 The Honorable Tina Liebling Chair, Minnesota House Health Finance and Policy Committee via Electronic Mail Subject: Support for HF 3717 and its provisions to address out-of-pocket costs for patients Dear Chair Liebling and members of the Committee: Our organizations represent thousands of Minnesotans in patient advocacy, medicine, pharmacy services, oncology, and rural …
This week, Congress passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package for fiscal year 2022 with broad bipartisan support. Included in the domestic appropriations are several key healthcare provisions of interest to ACCC and the cancer care community.
The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) commends Congress for including the extension of Medicare telehealth waivers in fiscal year 2022 omnibus legislation passed by both chambers this week.
Who Should Be Responsible for Relief of Financial Toxicity? letter to the editor Who Should Be Responsible for Relief of Financial Toxicity? TO THE EDITOR: We are writing in response to the article by Gupta et al1 and the accompanying editorial by Giap and Chino2 about the financial burden of drugs prescribed for cancer-associated symptoms. Financial toxicity is a growing …
ACCC convened its members, sponsors, and industry partners in person (for the first time since the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic) and online for the 48th Annual Meeting and Cancer Center Business Summit in Washington, D.C., enabling more people to participate in ways in which they were most comfortable.
Hear how a virtual integrative format can enable cancer programs to adapt touch modalities to self-interventions, leverage opportunities for research, and overcome social and economic barriers.
Live from the ACCC 48th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, a veteran of value-based payment models identifies her top three takeaways on the future of precision medicine reimbursement.
Hear from the co-founder of the Imagination Lab for Clinical Innovation at LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes on effective practices for measuring new models of care.
Washington, DC — David R. Penberthy, MD, MBA, was named president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) today at the Association’s 48th Annual Meeting and Cancer Center Business Summit (AMCCBS). Oncology professionals from around the nation gathered this week at AMCCBS to discuss the convergence of business, policy, and technology in cancer care. Addressing in-person and virtual meeting …
Dr. Jennie R. Crews, ACCC 2016-17 President, discusses ACCC's involvement in the White House's Cancer Moonshot initiative--from its launch in 2016 to the new energy generated by President Biden's revamp of the program in February 2022. Then hear how ACCC's legislative priorities into the Cancer Moonshot's commitment to increase cancer survivorship and reduce barriers to equitable cancer care.
Harlan Levine, MD, spoke to CANCER BUZZ during the ACCC 48th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit to share his top takeaways from the stage.
Making the Business Case for Hiring Oncology Social Workers By Krista Nelson, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW; Jennifer Bires, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C; Courtney Bitz, LCSW, OSW-C, ACHP-SW; Barbara Jones, PhD, MSW, FNAP; Vicki Kennedy, LCSW; Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, MA, ACSW, LCSW, OSW-CE, FNAP, FAOSW; Bradley J. Zebrack, PhD, MSW, MPH Quality cancer care requires a comprehensive approach to addressing …
Making the Business Case for Hiring an Oncology Pharmacist Olalekan Ajayi, PharmD, MBA; Melody Chang, RPh, MBA, BCOP; and Kirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP The Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) describes oncology pharmacy practice as encompassing a “broad range of expertise and levels of practice, skill, and responsibilities.”¹ A comprehen- sive detailing of the evolving …
ACCC applauds President Biden for renewing the Cancer Moonshot and setting the ambitious goals of reducing cancer mortality while improving the experience of patients living with cancer.
March 2, 2022
The ACCC 48TH ANNUAL MEETING & CANCER CENTER BUSINESS SUMMIT (AMCCBS) will offer countless opportunities to collaborate, grow, and transform. Executives from across the healthcare leadership community will come together March 2-4, 2022 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC to explore cutting-edge solutions to persistent challenges and navigate our shifting cancer care landscape. Examining …
Association of Community Cancer Centers 1 PRECISION MEDICINE: INTEGRATION OF PATHOLOGY WITH THE CANCER CARE TEAM • • • • • • • WORKSHOP OUTCOMES For this project, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) coordinated three virtual workshops at the following member programs: Cancer Program Location Date Faculty Cotton O’Neil Cancer Center, Stormont Vail Health …
Wednesday, March 2 3:00 – 4:00 PM EST Re-Thinking Cancer Survivorship Barbara McAneny, MD, MACP, FASCO, Chief Executive Officer, New Mexico Cancer Center, Oncology Hematology Consultants @BarbaraMcAneny Kimberly Peairs, MD, Vice Chair for Ambulatory Operations, Department of Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive …
1 February 25, 2022 The Honorable Chuck Schumer Majority Leader U.S. Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader U.S. Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives 1236 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 …
February 28, 2022 Senator Jeff Howe 95 University Avenue W. Minnesota Senate Bldg., Room 3231 St. Paul, MN 55155 Dear Vice Chair Howe, The Minnesota Society Clinical Oncology Society (MSCO) and the Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) are pleased to support SF 365: Individual and Small Group Health Plan Offerings to Include a Predeductible Flat Co-Payment on Prescription Drugs. …