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The Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center lacked the infrastructure to fund survivorship and navigation software, but still needed to assess how to meet needs, procure service affiliations, and facilitate access to services in a fiscally responsible manner.

Effective Oct. 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will add 279 new codes, revise 143 existing codes, and deactivate 51 codes in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) classification.

Effective Oct. 1, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will add or update approximately 1,943 diagnosis codes in the ICD-10-CM coding classification.

A multidisciplinary approach allows the formation of partnerships between expert professionals that extends beyond the boundaries of their individual specialties, reduces the potential for miscommunication, and eliminates the fragmentation of services that was once common in cancer care.

What is the correct number of physicians and support staff needed to meet the requirements of the cancer program? There may not be a single answer to this complex question.