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Microsoft PowerPoint - 2019 Oncology Coding Update ACCC Cincinnati OH 11.14.19 ACCC Reimbursement Meeting 2019 Oncology Coding Updates Cincinnati Ohio 11/14/2019 1 Oncology Coding Update for 2019 Copyright® 2019 CSI All Rights Reserved/Copyright® 2019 RCI All Rights Reserved CPT only® 2018 American Medical Association All Rights Reserved ACCC Reimbursement Meeting Cincinnati …
Making the Business Case for Hiring a Financial Navigator By Lori Schneider and Christina Fuller In the U.S., cancer is one of the most expensive diseases to treat, second only to heart disease,1-3 and cancer-related expenses are rising.4-5 In fact, cancer patients experience a higher out-of-pocket financial burden than those with other chronic diseases.6 For people with cancer, figuring …
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA CARE Rocky Mountain Oncology Society Fall Dinner Symposia Thursday, November 7th 2019 Multidisciplinary Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Care Speakers Ryan Weight, DO, MS Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Oncology University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO Misha D Miller, MD …
Rockville, MD - The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) 2019 Clinical Research Award was presented to Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, Director, Cancer Outcomes Research Program, and Professor, Hematology and Oncology, UNC, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The award was presented during the ACCC 36th National Oncology Conference in Orlando, Florida. As a medical oncologist and health services …
Presenting another perspective on the cancer patient experience, ACCC 36th National Oncology Conference featured speaker Laura Holmes Haddad shared her autobiographical story of what many might view as a “not typical” cancer patient. When she was diagnosed with stage IV inflammatory breast cancer, Holmes Haddad was a 37-year-old mother of young children. Her experiences and those of others diagnosed …
Rockville, MD - The 2019 ACCC Annual Achievement Award was presented posthumously to Arti Hurria, MD, FASCO, City of Hope. The oncology community experienced a devastating loss with the untimely passing of Dr. Hurria in November 2018. Dr. Hurria was the George Tsai Family Chair in Geriatric Oncology, Director of the Center for Cancer and Aging at City of Hope, an independent research and treatment …
November 8, 2019
Presenters: Ryan Weight, DO, MS, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Misha Miller, MD, University of Colorado Hospital Hear from our expert presenters as they share the latest updates in immunotherapy for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers, with a focus on strategies for identifying and caring for patients at high-risk for cSCC, methods for developing treatment plans that empower …
Friday, Nov. 1 was a busy day for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its Center for the Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). CMS released the final calendar year (CY) 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective System and Physician Fee Schedule final rules. Later that afternoon, CMMI posted an “informal” Request for Information on a proposal for the next iteration of an …
Rockville, MD – The ACCC David King Community Clinical Scientist Award was awarded to Paul D. Hansen, MD, FACS, a pioneering leader in research on minimally invasive approaches to major liver and pancreas surgery and the promise these techniques hold for improving the quality of care, the patient experience, and potentially reducing healthcare costs. Dr. Hansen is a liver and pancreas, hernia, and …
ACCC 36th National Oncology Conference featured speaker author and journalist Mary Elizabeth Williams held the packed room rapt with the story of her patient experience. She was diagnosed and treated for stage II melanoma in 2010. One year later, the cancer returned. This time the melanoma was stage IV. At that time, patients with stage IV melanoma had about a five percent chance of surviving five …
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute’s Cancer and Aging Resilience (CARE) Clinic goes beyond reviewing cancer-specific treatment. This new care model pairs patients with a multidisciplinary team to assess patients for balance, cognition, nutrition, symptom management, and many more—all in one visit.
On Sept. 27, ACCC provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the agency’s proposed CY 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rules.
Across the continuum of oncology care, our patients’ outcomes depend on many factors: living a healthy lifestyle, undergoing screening tests, receiving and adhering to treatment, and managing toxicities and comorbidities. These factors, in turn, depend on social determinants of health, such as access to care, safe housing, food security, and social support.
Through a community engagement session and focused interviews, researchers from Duke University School of Medicine, N.C., held a consortium to help stakeholders identify barriers to inflammatory breast cancer awareness, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment. Today the Duke Consortium for Inflammatory Breast Cancer is committed to translating research into action.
14 accc-cancer.org | November–December 2019 | OI D elivering quality cancer care to patients in their home community is the driving force behind Central Peninsula Oncology, a hospital-owned outpatient oncology clinic on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Access to care in this community is often at the mercy of the weather. The Kenai Peninsula protrudes from Alaska’s south-central …
In response to the increasing complexity of oncolytic agents, the associated economic burden on the patient and health system, and the intricacies associated with alternative payment models (APMs), I suggest the need for widespread establishment of chemotherapy stewardship services.
For nearly 30 years, TOPS has served oncologists and patients in Tennessee. The organization has focused primarily on issues related to the delivery of the highest quality cancer care, while also working to deter threats to the viability of the community practice model.
On July 26, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the requirements for appropriate use criteria (AUC) consultation for advanced diagnostic imaging exams.
Dr. Lija Joseph, a pathologist at Lowell General Hospital, Mass., implemented a pathology consultation program to help cancer patients better understand how the disease affects their bodies. Based on strong patient interest, Dr. Joseph established a Twitter presence to spread the word about the benefits of patient and pathologist interactions.
Using its EHR and billing data to examine key metrics—including charge lag, patient registration, and insurance verification—the Nancy N. and J. C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph’s/Candler identified four key effects of the “silo mentality” on its cancer program. Focusing on efficiency and urgency, the program broke down its silos, reducing waste and incorrect denials, improving cash …