According to a tally released Tuesday, April 3, by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), about 11.8 million nationwide enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) healthcare plans, a 3 percent drop from 12.2 million enrollees in 2017. This decrease in enrollment follows the Trump Administration’s cuts to insurance subsidy payments and ACA outreach and advertising, as well as a halving of the enrollment period from 12 to 6 weeks.
Read CMS’s final report on the 2018 open enrollment period here.
Posted 4/4/2018

In a recent article from Oncology Issues, authors conducted a systematic literature review and found that two main drivers of care disparities exist for transgender and nonbinary individuals with cancer: rigid binary gender frameworks and gaps in mental health care.

2026 ACCC Innovator Award Winner St. Luke's Cancer Institute noticed a significant administrative burden being placed on providers to review medical necessity validation for complex oncology therapies. To address the resulting rise in peer-to-peer requirements, delays in care, and pre-service denials, the team designed and implemented a new Clinical Documentation Integrity Registered Nurse role.

ACCC launched its Precision Medicine Stewardship Program to highlight institutions that have successfully built the infrastructure, workflows, and leadership models needed to deliver precision medicine at scale. TriHealth Cancer and Blood Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, offers a compelling example of what it takes to move from aspiration to execution.

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