Access to Public Policy Issues and Trends
More than 30 years of service to the oncology community... At every critical crossroad, ACCC is there for you and your patients.
The Association of Community Cancer Centers champions the importance of access to cancer specialists and appropriate cancer therapies and leads efforts to respond to regulations and legislation that threaten to compromise the delivery of quality cancer care.
On your behalf, ACCC works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Government Accountability Office, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and other key policy makers in Washington, DC, to ensure patient access to quality cancer care in community cancer programs and in physician offices.
ACCC has worked tirelessly on Capitol Hill to help correct the underpayment for therapies under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system.
ACCC works to ensure patient access to new oncology drugs. ACCC spearheaded efforts to make citation of a cancer drug in any of the standard reference compendia sufficient to require insurers to pay for its use outside of FDA-labeled use. To date, 39 states have passed ACCC's off-label legislation and similar language is in Medicare and Medicaid statutes.
Early on, ACCC had the insight to promote the development of the National Cancer Institute's Community Clinical Oncology Program, and ACCC continues to work with NCI to support clinical trials in community cancer programs nationwide.
"ACCC has consistently demonstrated the ability to analyze, anticipate, and influence multiple issues in oncology in a real-time mode. These capabilities have had a profound, positive impact on the provision of cancer care in the United States."
John R. Russell, MD
The Cancer Center of Southern Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
"I believe ACCC is the only voice we have when it comes to working with CMS on issues of patient access to quality cancer care. The organization has been very effective in helping CMS and legislators understand the issues surrounding hospital-based reimbursement and works with its members to have their voices heard by CMS and Congress."
Wendy Andrews
Director, Oncology Services
Arizona Cancer Center
University Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona
Matt Farber, Manager, Provider Economics & Public Policy,Phone 301.984.9496, ext. 221, Email mfarber@accc-cancer.org
