As the ACCC Financial Advocacy Network engages key stakeholders to update its Financial Advocacy Services Guidelines it is necessary to ensuring positive financial health for all patients with cancer no matter where they are receiving treatment.
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As the ACCC Financial Advocacy Network engages key stakeholders to update its Financial Advocacy Services Guidelines using a collaborative, consensus-based process, gaining buy-in across the oncology community at-large (e.g., the multidisciplinary care team, administrators, payers, and other organizations) is necessary to ensuring positive financial health for all patients with cancer no matter where they are receiving treatment.
Guest:
Wendi Waugh, BS, RT(R)(T), CMD, CTR
Administrative Director of Cancer Services & Ambulatory Infusion
Southern Ohio Medical Center, SOMC Cancer Center
"I know the guidelines aren’t officially released, but—sneak peek—one of the recommendations in the guidelines is that you’re going to meet with the patient. While that sounds rudimentary, not everybody does it. So [the guidelines] really provide a framework for what you need to do and when you need to do it.”
Please note the Financial Advocacy Services Guidelines will be made available fall 2022.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s)/faculty member(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of their employer(s) or the Association of Cancer Care Centers.
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At the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting, the Louisiana Oncology Society received the ASCO Jeffrey C Ward Affiliate Advocacy Award for advancing critical advocacy priorities that have translated into meaningful legislative victories. The Iowa Oncology Society and Washington State Medical Oncology Society were also recognized for their advocacy efforts in 2025 at the meeting, receiving second place awards.
