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Rockville, MD—The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) is pleased to announce its participation in the Diverse Cancer Communities Working Group hosted by Sustainable Healthy Communities, LLC (SHC). ACCC leadership will be serving on several Working Group subcommittees. “Despite significant progress in cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment, cancer health disparities still …

ROCKVILLE, MD. – Effective delivery of patient-centered care is essential to meet the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Triple Aim – improved patient experience, improved outcomes, and reduced costs. As the U.S. healthcare system shifts from volume to value-based reimbursement, many new payment models incorporate patient satisfaction and/or patient experience measures when determining overall …

ROCKVILLE, MD. – On September 7, 2016, the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel released a set of 10 recommendations for accelerating cancer research to further the overall Moonshot goal of making a decade’s worth of cancer research progress in five years. The panel and recommendations reflect a collaborative effort from the entire cancer community, including oncologists, researchers, advocates, …

ROCKVILLE, MD. – Jennie R. Crews, MD, FACP, became the new President of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) during the recent ACCC 42nd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Dr. Crews brings more than 18 years of experience in advancing quality oncology care, currently as the Medical Director for Cancer Services in the PeaceHealth Northwest Network, which includes cancer centers in Washington …

ROCKVILLE, Md. – The U.S. healthcare industry is undergoing unprecedented consolidation and integration that is having an impact on all stakeholders—health systems, hospitals, private practices, providers, payers, and most important, patients and their families. Hospital systems are merging, hospitals are purchasing provider practices, and the insurance industry is undergoing what some are calling …

White Plains, N.Y. – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) together with the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF), CancerCare, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and Genentech announced the launch of a new partnership, the Alliance for Resource Collaboration in Hematology (ARCH). ARCH was developed by these five leading organizations to connect people with lymphoma, their caregivers …

WHAT: Association of Community Cancer Centers 31st National Oncology Conference WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014—Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 WHERE: Sheraton Sand Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, California Hundreds of cancer program professionals from across the nation, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, cancer center administrators, and social workers, will gather in San Diego, California, Oct. …

ROCKVILLE, Md. – Results from the Association of Community Cancer Centers’ (ACCC) recently released annual Trends in Cancer Programs survey reveal a compelling new trend among cancer programs—an increasing number are proactively developing their own guidelines to help measure and track the quality of care provided, rather than waiting to be told what to do by payers. While the use of metrics to track …