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NCCS Offers Policy Comments: Strategies for Increasing Patient Participation in FDA Review Activities

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The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) authorized a patient-focused drug development program, and in the years since enactment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implemented certain initiatives of the patient-focused program. In recent weeks, FDA has requested feedback regarding patient-focused activities to date and recommendations about future efforts and […]

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NCCS Offers Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on their proposed Oncology Care Model

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Click here to view all of NCCS’ policy comments. Recently, NCCS submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on its proposed Oncology Care Model (OCM), an episode-based payment model that emphasizes care planning and coordination and cancer care system transformation.   The OCM represents an important step forward in encouraging patient-centered cancer care, […]

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NCCS and CLC Policy Comments: 2015 Physician Fee Schedule

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Recently, NCCS joined colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in submitting comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, which governs payments to physicians for services provided to Medicare patients. NCCS and the CLC have applauded efforts by CMS to strengthen care planning and coordination through […]

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Balancing Patient Protections and Innovation: NCCS Applauds FDA Action to Regulate Laboratory-Developed Tests

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) commends the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking critical steps to ensure that the promise of personalized cancer medicine is realized and that cancer patients can rest assured that they are receiving treatments consistent with their diagnoses. Today, FDA notified Congress that it will issue a draft […]

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NCCS Responds to 21st Century Cures Initiative Call to Action

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The United States House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee released a Call to Action and announced the 21st Century Cures initiative to analyze the discovery, development, and delivery of cures and propose policy solutions. Over the course of the initiative, which officially launched on June 1, 2014, the committee will issue a series of […]

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Why We Care About Physician Payment

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Why should patients care about how physicians are paid? Because the way we as a country, and Medicare as the largest payer, compensate physicians directly affects the care patients receive. Our current system is not sustainable for physicians, patients, or taxpayers. The manner in which Medicare currently reimburses for cancer care is unsatisfactory to all, […]

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NCCS Applauds Test of Care Choices for Cancer Patients

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) applauds the recent decision by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to initiate the Medicare Care Choices Model, a project to evaluate the impact of permitting Medicare patients to receive ongoing curative care while also receiving hospice care. “NCCS has focused its policy efforts on ensuring cancer […]

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NCCS Joins Colleagues in Commending the Work of the Senate Finance Committee on the SGR Repeal

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NCCS joined colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council in commending the work of the Senate Finance Committee on the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014.  The legislation offers a responsible process for moving the Medicare program away from a system that emphasizes volume of services to one that focuses on quality […]

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NCCS Joins Alliance for Childhood Cancer in Submitting Comments to FDA

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NCCS joined the Alliance for Childhood Cancer in submitting comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following the January 2014 public workshop on complex issues in developing drug and biological products for rare diseases. The Alliance encouraged the FDA to consider the issues specific to pediatric cancers that may be different from other rare […]

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Advocating for Clear Coverage for Clinical Trial Services for Medicare Advantage Enrollees

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NCCS joined with 20 patient advocacy groups and professional societies to urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to correct a long-standing inequity in Medicare coverage by requiring Medicare Advantage plans to provide coverage for clinical trials. Currently, individuals with Medicare Advantage plans must revert to standard fee-for-service Medicare if they wish to […]

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