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Despite the availability of vaccines, drugs, and monoclonal antibodies, the healthcare field is more challenged than ever with the Omicron variant.
In 2021, CMS made significant changes to how evaluation and management (E/M) visits are coded and billed in the office and outpatient setting, updating a number of its transmittals to include new clarifications about several E/M-related activities.
Pharmacy informatics can be leveraged to help clinical inpatient pharmacists ensure the safe use of oral oncolytics during a patient’s hospital stay.
From January 24 to 28, 2022, ACCC co-sponsored Health Care Value Week—a series of virtual events supporting the advancement of value-based care.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wilmot Cancer Institute's integrative oncology team shares how integrative oncology-based services can be delivered via telehealth.
In 2019, at the University of Colorado, Douglas Holt, MD, led the effort to implement and study the use of virtual reality within the clinic for patient education in oncology.
When the COVID-19 public health emergency heightened, everyone’s priorities shifted and the Patient and Family Advisory Council moved to the virtual space.
72 accc-cancer.org | Vol. 37, No. 2, 2022 | OI action ACCC Supports White House Efforts to Reignite Cancer Moonshot Initiative On February 2, the White House announced plans to revamp the federal Cancer Moonshot program. To support the relaunch, ACCC made available to the White House resources and tools from its member programs, with a specific focus on cancer prevention for underserved and …
Jack’s Caregiver Coalition was born with a mission of improving the way guys think, feel, and act through every phase of their caregiving journey.
As part of the conversation regarding the optimal restructuring of multidisciplinary cancer care clinics, the authors developed a quality improvement project focused on understanding how patients view multidisciplinary cancer care.
12 accc-cancer.org | Vol. 37, No. 2, 2022 | OI Approved Drugs • On Dec. 3, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) (Merck, merck.com) for the adjuvant treatment of adult and pediatric (less than or equal to 12 years of age) patients with Stage IIB or IIC melanoma following complete resection. • On Jan. 25, 2022, the FDA approved …
10 accc-cancer.org | Vol. 37, No. 2, 2022 | OI P arkland Health—one of the largest teaching and safety net hospital systems in the country—is home to the Cancer Program at Parkland Health, which offers specialized oncology services in Dallas, Texas. The program’s mission is to provide timely access to personalized, high-value care to individuals with, or at risk of, cancer and blood disorders …
fast factsmore online @ accc-cancer.org ACCC Patient Assistance & Reimbursement Guide Goes Digital Find the most up-to-date information on oncology patient assistance and pharmaceutical reimbursement programs by searching for a prescribed product or company name, then streamline your search by applying coverage and assistance- type filters. Access the digital Guide at: …
Virtual Reality Taking patient education to the next level Association of Community Cancer Centers ISSUES ONCOLOGY This publication is a benefit of membership Association of Community Cancer Centers Vol. 37 | No. 2 | 2022 Implementing an e-Advisory Council in a COVID-19 era | 32 Pivoting to a virtual integrative oncology program | 38 Developing an app to reduce patient …
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.