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Teri Bedard, RT(R)(T), CPC, shares her highlights of the calendar year 2023 HOPPS proposed rule and its potential impact on oncology/hematology.
Teri Bedard, RT(R)(T), CPC, shares her highlights of the calendar year 2023 MPFS proposed rule and its potential impact on oncology/hematology.
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.
Advocating on behalf of their patients and programs, ACCC members from 14 states participated in Virtual Hill Day, speaking with Congress and their staff on key legislation asks regarding access to care, telehealth, prior authorizations, and more.
ACCC is supporting the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, which would require Medicare Advantage plans to standardize and streamline prior authorization processes and increase the transparency of their requirements to prevent unnecessary denials and delays in patient care.
This week, Congress passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package for fiscal year 2022 with broad bipartisan support. Included in the domestic appropriations are several key healthcare provisions of interest to ACCC and the cancer care community.
If enacted, patients with cancer across the country will benefit from increased access and new fiscal protections, including universal paid family leave.
The key to successful policy and advocacy is twofold: avoid approaching new policies with a preferred conclusion and leverage the strengths of your colleagues.
If passed, the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act could expand Medicare Part B to cover medical nutrition therapy services for patients with cancer, who need to maintain their strength and keep a health body weight during treatment. ACCCBuzz shares more about this legislation and why its benefits are essential for oncology.
By Christian G. Downs, MHA, JD On Oct. 5, ACCC provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the agency’s proposed CY 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rules. CMS is expected to release the final CY 2020 Medicare payment rules in early December. Below are highlights from ACCC’s comment letters. Specific to the proposed …
On Aug. 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rules.
“In this town, we’ve seen healthcare become a political lightning rod,” U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) told attendees on March 5 at the ACCC 46th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit (AMCCBS) in Washington, D.C. As our nation grapples with unprecedented challenges—both individually and collectively—posed by the world-wide novel COVID-19 outbreak, it seems as though lightning has …
In this election year, U.S. healthcare policy is center stage. ACCC is monitoring proposed rules and policy changes to gauge their impact on cancer care access and delivery. ACCC Responds to CMMI on Oncology Care First Model ACCC provided comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI's) request for information on its concept for the Oncology Care First (OCF) Model. While applauding …
In this election year, U.S. healthcare policy is center stage. ACCC is monitoring proposed rules and policy changes to gauge their impact on cancer care access and delivery. Recent policy actions include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) release on Feb. 5 of CY 2021/2022 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule that would: Require Part D plans to offer real-time drug price …
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final Medicare payment rules for calendar year (CY) 2020 in tandem this year on Nov. 1, 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final Medicare payment rules for calendar year (CY) 2020 in tandem this year on Nov. 1, 2019. Subsequently, on Nov. 15, the agency finalized hospital price transparency proposals originally included in the proposed CY 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) with the release of the 2020 Price Transparency Requirements for …
Friday, Nov. 1 was a busy day for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its Center for the Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). CMS released the final calendar year (CY) 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective System and Physician Fee Schedule final rules. Later that afternoon, CMMI posted an “informal” Request for Information on a proposal for the next iteration of an …
On Sept. 27, ACCC provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the agency’s proposed CY 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rules.
At the end of last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the much-anticipated calendar year (CY) 2020 Medicare Payment rules. Touted by CMS as an effort to “empower patients with price transparency and increase competition to lower costs for Medicare beneficiaries,” the proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule for 2020 introduces new price transparency …
The future of healthcare is at a crossroads. In the past year, the Trump Administration and Congress have made several proposals to address the rising costs of healthcare and drugs­, which have the potential to dramatically affect the landscape of cancer care. Now more than ever, the voices of professionals on the front lines of cancer care are crucial to shaping the direction of future …
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