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November is National Family Caregivers Month! Learn about Jack's Caregiver Coalition, including how it is meeting the unique needs of male family caregivers, on ACCCBuzz.
ACCC sent a letter to House and Senate leaders this week, encouraging Congress to take action before the end of this year to mitigate significant Medicare payment cuts and improve patient access to high quality, efficient, and equitable cancer care. Without congressional intervention, significant reductions to Medicare payment will take effect in January 2023, including the proposed 4.42% reduction …
The ACCC 39th National Oncology Conference opened with two pre-conferences, covering financial advocacy in oncology and the future of cancer care. Learn what care delivery may look like in 2040 and how ACCC is supporting cancer programs and practices through its Financial Advocacy Network.
In a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., ACCC raises concern about recent delays in inspections of manufacturing facility that have led to interruptions in the approval of breakthrough therapies. We are particularly concerned when these delays impact novel treatments for diseases without FDA-approved therapies available and those that disproportionately …
State legislation across the U.S. is tackling health insurance coverage for comprehensive biomarker testing. Learn more about what's going on where you live and across the nation.
On September 16, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network convened experts and stakeholders in D.C. for a policy summit spotlighting today’s cancer screening and prevention landscape. Learn what speakers discussed, including what changes need to happen to create an equitable future for all people at risk—or not—for cancer.
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.
August 11, 2022
Learn about the key proposals in the CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rules and how these proposed changes to Medicare payment will impact oncology practices, freestanding cancer centers, and hospital-based cancer programs in 2023. There will be an opportunity for live Q&A.Speakers: Teri Bedard, BA, RT(R)(T), CPCExecutive …
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.
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.
In a letter to Senate Leaders Schumer and McConnell on the current version of a reconciliation package including prescription drug reform provisions, ACCC expressed concerns about the impact of Medicare drug price negotiation on Part B drug reimbursement. As proposed, these reimbursement cuts would significantly reduce beneficiary access to crucial medications and treatments and also threaten the financial …
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.
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.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on Dobbs overturning its 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) has become increasingly concerned with the impact this decision may have on patients with cancer and their care teams.
ACCC and six other leading cancer advocacy organizations sent letters to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Ways and Means requesting that they hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 1946, the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Screening Coverage Act.
In a letter to congressional leadership, ACCC joined nearly 40 organizations in asking Congress to enact important access to care policy priorities as part of the reconciliation package currently being considered. Specifically, we urge Congress to pass legislation that would permanently extend enhanced subsidies for health insurance plans on ACA marketplaces, permanently fix the Medicaid "coverage …
The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) is pleased that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new, voluntary alternative payment model as a successor to the Oncology Care Model (OCM), which is due to sunset later this month.
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.
ACCCBuzz had an opportunity to speak with B.J. Rimel at Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center about the organization's LGBTQ+ Cancer Symposium and barriers to oncology care members of these communities face.