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  • Cancer Screening in the COVID-19 Era
    By Alissa McEowen
    September 01, 2022
    The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the cancer screening rate. While telemedicine has facilitated care delivery, there is a need for programs aimed at promoting screening. This understanding prompted Mercy Medical Center-Cedar Rapids, Hall-Perrine Cancer Center in Iowa to launch a initiative that has excelled in increasing their colorectal screening rates, and facilitated the provision of high-quality care in the community.
  • Enhancing Advanced Ovarian Cancer Care Delivery
    August 30, 2022
    September is Ovarian Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. In recognition, ACCC shares how its Barriers to Quality Care in Ovarian Cancer Phase II will test the model developed in the previous phase to optimize care for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.
  • Notes On Nursing: When Our Hands Don’t Reach
    By Robin B. Atkins, RN, OCN
    August 24, 2022
    Oncology nurses strive to reduce the burden placed on patients during care, stretching out a hand when they can to help patients navigate care. Robin Atkins, RN, OCN, is a symptom management triage nurse, who works tirelessly over the telephone to help patients get the support they need.
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    Major Healthcare and Prescription Drug Reform Bill Signed into Law
    By Matt Devino, MPH
    August 23, 2022
    With President Joe Biden's signing of the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 last week, ACCC's Matt Devino, MPH, highlights the impacts this legislation will have on healthcare and, more specifically, oncology.
  • Improving Oral Oncolytic Compliance with Technology
    August 22, 2022
    By turning to technology solutions that are already being used by the health system and that were well understood by their healthcare teams and patients, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami Cancer Institute staff are providing high-quality cancer care without having to dip deeper into its operating budget.
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    Highlights from the CY2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
    By Teri Bedard, RT(R)(T), CPC
    August 18, 2022
    Teri Bedard, RT(R)(T), CPC, shares her highlights of the calendar year 2023 HOPPS proposed rule and its potential impact on oncology/hematology.
  • Financial Advocacy Strategies to Maximize Charitable Patient Assistance
    By Audrey Quartey
    August 17, 2022
    Around half of patients with cancer and survivors of cancer are dealing with financial toxicity, and one of the best ways to handle this is through financial navigation. For 18 years, the Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation has helped patients pay their out-of-pocket treatment costs.
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    Highlights from the CY2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
    By Teri Bedard, RT(R)(T), CPC
    August 16, 2022
    Teri Bedard, RT(R)(T), CPC, shares her highlights of the calendar year 2023 MPFS proposed rule and its potential impact on oncology/hematology.
  • Student Entrepreneurs Tackle Healthcare Burnout with Technology-Based Platform
    August 11, 2022
    ACCCBuzz spoke with Sanketh Andhavarapu, co-founder and chief of product and strategy, and Veeraj Shah, chief executive officer, to learn how Vitalize—a wellness-based platform—is addressing burnout among healthcare providers.
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    Optimizing Telehealth for Older Adults with Cancer
    August 09, 2022
    ACCCBuzz shares a brief on the its" Digital Bridges: Optimizing Telehealth for Older Adults With Cancer," including more about the benefits of developing a telehealth-based geriatric oncology clinic.
  • Expanding Access to Bispecific Antibodies in Community Cancer Care
    August 03, 2022
    Learn how ACCC's bispecific antibody initiative “Best Practices in Expanding Access to Bispecific Antibodies and Adverse Event Management”—developed in partnership with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer—will help expand the use of these novel therapies and optimize care for patients with cancer.
  • ACCC Commemorates World Lung Cancer Day—10 Years Strong
    August 01, 2022
    Communities around the globe recognize August 1 as World Lung Cancer Day—a day to commemorate, educate, and support individuals and families impacted by lung cancer. Read highlights on a few ACCC initiatives that are helping cancer care teams better support their patients with this disease.
  • Riding to Victory: One Man’s Journey to Surviving Cancer
    July 28, 2022
    Tom Vibert was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic colon cancer in 2014. Learn how participating in a clinical trial allowed Vibert to get back on the bike and beat his cancer.
  • ACCC Cautions Senate Leadership on Impacts of Prescription Drug Pricing Reform
    July 27, 2022
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    Life Lessons: Finding Joy in Challenging Times
    By Barbara Schmidtman, PhD
    July 27, 2022
    Dr. Barbara Schmidtman discusses how life's challenges have taught her to embrace joy in the workplace through redefining "failure" and taking control of the uncontrollable.
  • Advocating in Oncology: The Importance of State-Based Grassroots
    July 26, 2022
    Dr. David Eagle shares why grassroot advocacy efforts are so important to furthering health equity and person-centered care in oncology, including how state-based efforts curbed harmful pharmacy benefit manager practices in New York.
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    Chemotherapy Care Companion: An Oncology Remote Patient Monitoring Program
    July 21, 2022
    The complex needs of patients with cancer require a more proactive approach to their care. Ochsner Health, Ochsner Cancer Institute in Louisiana implemented a program—Chemotherapy Care Companion—to identify and meet patients’ needs in real time.
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    How Does the EOM Compare to the OCM?
    By Matt Devino, MPH
    July 20, 2022
    ACCC Director Cancer Care Delivery and Health Policy Matt Devino, MPH, lays out the four key differences between the OCM and EOM that interested applicants need to consider.
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    Rapid Access Diagnostic Clinic Expedites Cancer Treatment
    July 19, 2022
    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.
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    The Impact of Oncology Financial Advocacy: A Patient Story
    July 14, 2022
    Allen Beck and Rivka Beck were newly weds when Allen was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome. A month before he was scheduled to complete a bone marrow transplant, he lost the insurance coverage provided by his university. Angie Santiago, CRCS, the manager of Oncology Financial Advocacy at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at the Thomas Jefferson University Health System in Philadelphia, Pa, made sure he was able to get the health insurance coverage he needed to complete his treatment.

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