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WCOE: ACA’s Out-Of-Pocket Maximums, Susan Gubar on Cancer and Loneliness, Pre-hab: Rehab Before Treatment, and Death with Dignity Advocacy

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What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. #ACA out-of-pocket maximums create undue burden for some patients https://t.co/qpTJaUAHip #financialtoxicity — Yousuf Zafar, MD MHS (@yzafar) August 4, 2015 When cancer patients need help, they are often surprised to find that long-trusted friends have […]

Guest Post: Developing Clinical Solutions to Improve Survivorship Care: The Value of Partnership

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We are living in an exciting and dynamic time for cancer care, witnessing not only tremendous innovations in treatment that have led to a growth in survival rates, but also advances in screening and opportunities for earlier detection. In combination with an aging population, this translates into and unprecedented growth in the numbers of individuals […]

Guest Post: Oncologist and Cancer Survivor Greg Aune Talks Multi-Disciplinary Care

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The seventh principle in the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, “Long-term survivors should have access to specialized follow-up clinics that focus on health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation, and identification of physiologic and psychological problems. Communication with the primary care physician must be maintained.” Providing his perspective on the state of long-term survivorship care and […]

WCOE: Medicare’s 50th Anniversary, ASCO Post Talks #CPAT15 and #PACTACt, and Helping Patients and Doctors Talk About Death

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What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Helping Patients and Doctors Talk About Death https://t.co/H0jFvolViO — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) July 27, 2015 Join us today, at 10:30 am ET for the Medicare and Medicaid 50th celebration! #KeepingUSHealthy […]

Guest Post Series: Dr. Michael Ybarra Offers Innovator Perspective on Oncology Care Model

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the Oncology Care Model, a new payment model for physician practices administering chemotherapy that aims to provide higher quality, more highly coordinated oncology care at a lower cost to Medicare. This week, we’re presenting several different perspectives on the Oncology Care Model and how it […]

Guest Post Series: NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso Offers Advocate’s Perspective on Oncology Care Model

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the Oncology Care Model, a new payment model for physician practices administering chemotherapy that aims to provide higher quality, more highly coordinated oncology care at a lower cost to Medicare. This week, we’re presenting several different perspectives on the Oncology Care Model and how it […]

Video Post: Cancer Patients and Survivors Describe Quality Cancer Care

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What is quality cancer care? At a recent NCCS Cancer Policy Advocate Training event, we spoke to cancer patients and survivors about their definitions of quality cancer care. How do you define cancer care? Share your thoughts in the comments and let us know what you think. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and others have […]

Guest Post Series: Dr. John Cox Offers Physician’s Perspective on Oncology Care Model

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the Oncology Care Model, a new payment model for physician practices administering chemotherapy that aims to provide higher quality, more highly coordinated oncology care at a lower cost to Medicare. This week, we’re presenting several different perspectives on the Oncology Care Model and how it […]

Cancer Survivorship: You’re Never Really Done

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When the Imperatives of Quality Cancer Care were written by NCCS 20 years ago, one principle of quality care stated that, “Long-term survivors should have access to specialized follow-up clinics that focus on health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation, and identification of physiologic and psychological problems. Communication with the primary care physician must be maintained.” It […]

Guest Video: Mary McCabe Discusses Survivorship Care Planning and the Delivery of Coordinated Care

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At the NCCS Cancer Policy Advocate Training (CPAT) held in Washington, DC from June 24-25, Mary McCabe, RN, MN spoke to patient advocates about survivorship care planning and models for delivering survivorship care. This presentation was part of a larger panel titled, Survivorship Care Planning and the Delivery of Coordinated Care. In alignment with July’s […]

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