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St. Luke's University Health Network aligned its cancer community needs assessment (CNA) with its network Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to achieve measurable goals.
SO07-Clearing-the-Way
Regardless of the reason, the ability to bill for discontinued services will depend on why the service had to be stopped and how it was addressed.
2019 Institute Forum The seventh annual Institute held in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2019, convened more than 30 thought leaders to share insights on how best to communicate the value of comprehensive cancer care to both internal stakeholders, such as hospital CEOs, to support growth of and/or investment in the cancer service line, and external stakeholders—public and private payers—to help make …
On the fifth and final day of the ACCC 37th [Virtual] National Oncology Conference, speakers and attendees addressed the disproportionate representation of women in oncology. In their opening remarks to the keynote address, Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MS, ACCC Board of Trustees Member, and Krista Nelson, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, BCD, ACCC President-Elect, discussed the potential irony of having a man present …
MA06-Beyond-The-Plan
A number of excellent strategic planning tools have been published by consultancies and academia, but we have found that they often lack the necessary specificity for oncology and, more importantly, do not fully address the all-important question for healthcare organizations—how do we plan for an uncertain, value-based future?
For people with cancer, figuring out how to pay for treatment is one of their greatest concerns. To address these concerns many cancer programs have developed and implemented financial navigation programs.
ND13-The-Performance-Pivot
A trailblazing Winston-Salem based cancer center successfully created and developed the role of a population health navigator to address the unique needs of various underserved communities.
There remains an overarching need to identify and provide guidance on key issues related to the optimal care of patients with NSCLC across different community cancer programs/settings in the U.S. To address this need, a multiphase project was implemented by ACCC and its partner organizations, with the main goal being to support the optimization of care for patients diagnosed with stage III and IV …
The disparities in prostate cancer are striking. In the United States, Black men continue to experience a far greater incidence of new prostate cancers and are 2.2 to 2.5 times more likely to die from the disease than any other racial/ethnic group. Taking action to close these gaps is an imperative for moving toward equitable cancer care.
With this dynamic change in treatment modalities comes a need to change our practice models to keep pace with innovation, quality care, and patient needs.
As policymakers seek legislative solutions to the opioid crisis, it is imperative to recognize that broad opioid bills that do not specifically address the issue of different types of pain run the risk of harming our vulnerable cancer patient population in terms of adequately treating cancer-related pain.
Recent advances in immunotherapy have launched an exciting new era for cancer treatment. However, to expand patient access to these groundbreaking therapies the oncology community must overcome evolving implementation and policy challenges. In support of efforts to identify and address these emerging issues, Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) joined with other invited participants in …
ACCCBuzz spoke with Julie Huynh-Lu, PA-C—physician assistant in the Department of Leukemia at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center—to learn more about enhancing the care for patients with myelofibrosis by assessing and addressing their psychosocial and financial health.
Patients receiving anti-cancer infusions often experience lengthy appointment wait times due to the highly complex nature of their care. To address this lack in communication, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center developed a digital wallboard to better inform patients of their appointment status.
To fill a care gap, The James Cancer Hospital opened a new set of front doors to its facility—The James Cancer Diagnostic Center—to ensure all patients with a concern for cancer could be quickly evaluated, even if they didn’t have a confirmed diagnosis.
Oncology Issues editor-in-chief, Mark Liu, shares major takeaways from the 40th ACCC National Oncology Conference.
Abstracts assess gaps in patient awareness of NSCLC biomarker test timing, the role of a precision medicine steward, perceptions and use of RPM technology in rural cancer programs Rockville, MD – The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) today announced the five abstracts and a poster presentation that will be showcased at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting June …