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Assessing Cancer Program Alignment with Health Literacy Metrics: A Tool from the Association of Community Cancer Centers Assessing Cancer Program Alignment with Health Literacy Metrics: A Tool from the Association of Community Cancer Centers Presenter Disclosures (1) The following personal financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this presentation …
Slide 1 EXPOSING COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY GAPS: PROMOTING MRD TESTING FOR ADULTS WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA M o n i q u e D a w k i n s , E d D 1 , L o r n a L u c a s , M S M 1 , L e i g h B o e h m e r , P h a r m D , B C O P 1 1 A s s o c i a t i o n o f C o m m u n i t y C a n c e r C e n t e r s , R o c k v i l l e , M D , U S A Objective Context Participants …
Discover the results of the 2019 Trending Now in Cancer Care Survey—what tops the list of challenges, what areas are trending towards growth, and how cancer programs are evolving to meet the demands of 21st-century cancer care delivery.
While the contributions of dietitians to cancer care are increasingly being acknowledged in much of the oncology provider community, so too is the recognition that adequate nutritional care is absent from the treatment of most cancer patients. Although the anecdotal evidence supporting this impression is overwhelming, until now there has been little effort to gather numbers to validate the need for …
PowerPoint Presentation Amy Marbaugh1, Thomas Asfeldt2, Randall Oyer MD3, Christopher Lathan MD4, Matthew Smeltzer PhD5, Vikki Nolan PhD5, Meredith Ray PhD5, Nicholas Faris6, Mary Nalan5, Walter Stevens5, Amanda Kramar1, Lorna Lucas1, Raymond Osarogiagbon MD6 1Association of Community Cancer Centers, Rockville, MD, USA; 2Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD, USA; 3Lancaster General Health, …
PowerPoint Presentation Amy Marbaugh1, Thomas Asfeldt2, Amanda Kramar1, Lorna Lucas1 1Association of Community Cancer Centers, Rockville, MD, USA; 2Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD, USA The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) created an Optimal Care Coordination Model (OCCM), that addresses access to high quality cancer care for patients with lung cancer on Medicaid. The overarching …
In today’s competitive oncology marketplace, staying productive and economically viable remains a significant challenge. Key stakeholders—together with business, policy, and technology thought leaders—will convene to explore cutting-edge solutions for growth and sustainability in an evolving healthcare environment and the fast-changing cancer care landscape. What: Association of Community Cancer Centers …
The causes, symptoms, and treatment of cancer can be enormously complex. Upon being diagnosed, people are often thrust into a medical world that is completely unknown to them. Some find themselves in the position of having to make complicated treatment choices in a short amount of time. Given that research indicates that more than one-third of U.S. adults have limited health literacy, that prospect …
February 19, 2020
Presenter: Desiree Ratner, MD, NYU Langone Health This best practices seminar identifies lesions suspicious for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and details ways to better understand the clinical and histologic features of high risk cSCC as well as management options. Download Slides
February 18, 2020 The Honorable Mitch McConnell U.S. Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Charles Schumer U.S. Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi U.S. House of Representatives 1236 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy …
ACCC joined in a large coalition of patient and provider advocacy groups urging Congress to include the bipartisan Clinical Treatment Act (H.R. 913) in the Healthcare Extenders Package that is likely to pass this spring. Passage of the Clinical Treatment Act would guarantee that routine care costs of clinical trial participation would be covered for Medicaid beneficiaries with a life-threatening …
In this election year, U.S. healthcare policy is center stage. ACCC is monitoring proposed rules and policy changes to gauge their impact on cancer care access and delivery. ACCC Responds to CMMI on Oncology Care First Model ACCC provided comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI's) request for information on its concept for the Oncology Care First (OCF) Model. While applauding …
In this election year, U.S. healthcare policy is center stage. ACCC is monitoring proposed rules and policy changes to gauge their impact on cancer care access and delivery. Recent policy actions include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) release on Feb. 5 of CY 2021/2022 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule that would: Require Part D plans to offer real-time drug price …
Partnership will provide on-demand continuing medical education resources to member oncologists Rockville, MD – The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), the leading education and advocacy organization for the cancer care community, is partnering with Sermo, the leading global social platform for physicians and largest healthcare data collection company, to offer CME content. The partnership …
When Lori Schneider helped create the first financial counselor role at Green Bay Oncology in Wisconsin in 2006, she was helping pioneer a solution to a need that would grow tremendously in the following years. “It's a key role,” says Schneider, “and the need for it is expanding, especially with the current insurance structure and huge out-of-pocket expenses for patients.” Today, Schneider has amassed …
Presented at the 2020 ASCO-SITC Clinical Immuno-Oncology Symposium; February 6-8, 2020; Orlando, FL.
Presented at the 2020 ASCO-SITC Clinical Immuno-Oncology Symposium; February 6-8, 2020; Orlando, FL.
Slide 1 METHODS BACKGROUND This project is supported by a grant from Genentech. The overall goal of this research study is to identify barriers to optimal integration of cancer immunotherapies and to assess the impact of educational interventions on the integration of immunotherapies for treating cancer in the community. Rapidly expanding indications and new approvals …
February 6, 2020
Presenters: Omid Hamid, MD, The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute Mark Faries, MD, The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute An informative discussion on the data regarding the epidemiology of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and the potential preventative strategies for skin cancer including cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; modern, multidisciplinary options available for local and …
Rockville, MD – The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) is pleased to announce that its Multidisciplinary Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Care education project is conducting a series of quality improvement workshops to promote the optimal care and management of patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Through an application process, three ACCC-member cancer programs were …