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ACCC News and Highlights

CMS Issues Proposed Hospital Outpatient Department Rule for 2010

Cancer Figures Prominently in IOM Comparative Effectiveness Research Report

CMS Proposes Payment, Policy Changes for Physicians' Services in 2010

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Seeks Study Sites

Support the Bill to Remove the Prompt Pay Discount from ASP

CMS Issues Clarification for Billing Part B vs Part D for the Anti-emetic Aprepitant (Emend)

ACCC Submits Comments About Comparative Effectiveness Research

ACCC Supports Letter to CMS About Physician Supervision of Outpatient Services

ACCC Launches Cancer Care Patient Navigation Website

FDA Grants Full Approval to Sprycel for CML

ACCC's 2009 Cancer Program Administrator Survey, Salaries and Programmatic Challenges

CE Blackboard
An ACCC resource devoted to on-line oncology education. The ACCC Blackboard includes programming from educational companies, covering a range of topics for nurses, pharmacists, and physicians.

ACCC Public Policy Public Policy Watch
ACCC analysis available about CMS final 2009 HOPPS Rule
ACCC analysis available about final 2009 Physician Fee Schedule
Cancer care policy activities/agenda

ACCC Providers' Education Center for Provider Education
Cancer Care Patient Navigation Project: A Call to Action
Enhance your cancer survivorship services

Oncology Issues, May/June 2009
Look what's inside your May/June 2009 Oncology Issues: Regulation/rule differences between hospital outpatient departments and physician office settings, keeping pace with oral chemotherapy, ACCC's Prostate Cancer Project, and the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program pilot.

ACCC Information Toolkit

Reimbursement Assistance
Here is our listing of reimbursement assistance programs for oncology-related services that have developed programs for physicians, their office staff, and, in some cases, patients.

Clinical Trials Resources
Here's a resource for cancer care professionals, patients, and their advocates: An extensive listing of clinical trials that are currently accruing patients with cancer.

Patient Resources & Aid
Many organizations provide guidance for people with cancer, including professional counseling, support groups, education, and referrals to cancer patients and their families to help them cope with the psychological and social consequences of cancer.

Patient Advocacy Groups
This is a critical component of the fight against cancer. There are over 250 cancer-related advocacy groups nationwide, and these groups have thousands of members and advocates working to make a difference in the lives of millions.