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Cancer Leadership Council Statement: Reform Medicare Payment for Patient-Focused Care

April 29, 2013/in Cancer News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Health Care Coverage, Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

NCCS joined its colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council in publishing a statement of principles to guide reform of Medicare payment for cancer care.  Major news outlets have suggested that Medicare beneficiaries are not receiving their cancer care due to the 2% cuts in Medicare payments required under the sequestration. NCCS and other cancer advocates […]

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NCCS and Colleagues Comment on FDA Strategies Regarding Drug Shortages

March 20, 2013/in Cancer News, FDA, Policy Comments NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

NCCS joined colleagues in the cancer patient and provider community in providing advice to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding strategies to anticipate, mitigate, and report shortages of drugs and biologicals.  In the last several years, cancer patients and many others with serious and life-threatening illnesses have experienced disruptions in supply for a number […]

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NCCS Joins Colleagues in Offering Comments on an Alternative Approval Pathway

March 4, 2013/in Cancer News, FDA, Policy Comments NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

NCCS joined its colleagues in the patient advocate and cancer care provider community in offering comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on an alternative approval pathway for drugs to treat certain diseases where there is an unmet medical need.  FDA requested public comment on a proposal that was developed by the President’s Council […]

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Cancer Leadership Council Submits Comments on the Proposed Rule on Medicaid Cost-Sharing and Other Issues

February 22, 2013/in Cancer News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

NCCS joined colleagues in the cancer advocacy community in submitting comments regarding proposed standards for the expanded Medicaid program that was established by the Affordable Care Act.  The rules that have been proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would grant a state great flexibility in the design of its Medicaid program, if […]

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NCCS Files Comments on Proposed Rule Setting Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation

December 26, 2012/in Cancer News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: CMS-9980-P, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation Dear Secretary Sebelius: The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule […]

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Cancer Leadership Council Comments on Essential Health Benefits

December 26, 2012/in Cancer News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

On December 26, 2012 the Cancer Leadership Council, a patient-centered forum of national advocacy organizations addressing public policy issues in cancer, filed comments on Essential Health Benefits. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship was one of 16 organizations representing cancer patients, physicians, researchers, and caregivers signing on to the comments. The comments on the proposed rule setting […]

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Comments on Medication Adherence to Office of Surgeon General

May 8, 2012/in Cancer News, Policy Comments Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Surgeon General Room 710-H 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Filed via email at medadhere@hhs.gov The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) is dedicated to improving access to quality cancer care. NCCS provides educational tools and materials to assist cancer survivors in the management of […]

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NCCS continues support of the minimum coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act

March 26, 2012/in Cancer News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court began three days of arguments in the historic case on the constitutionality of the national health reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—often referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Just over two years after being signed into law by President Obama, the next three days—and the […]

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NCCS and CLC Comments on PCORI research priorities

March 15, 2012/in Cancer News, Policy Comments Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

Joe Selby, M.D., M.P.H Executive Director Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Re: Draft National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda Dear Dr. Selby: The undersigned organizations, representing cancer patients, physicians, and researchers, are pleased to provide comments on the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Draft National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda (version 1). We commend […]

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Cancer Leadership Council recommendations on Essential Health Benefits Bulletin

February 3, 2012/in Cancer News, Policy Comments NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, issued by Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight on December 16, 2011 Dear Secretary Sebelius: The Cancer Leadership Council (CLC), representing the undersigned cancer patient, provider, and research organizations, submits the comments […]

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NCCS Joins Patient, Disability, and Health Care Organizations to Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Medicaid and Rule Against Work Requirements

February 25, 2021
Loss of Patient Protections Would Raise Barriers to Health Insurance — Seventeen patient groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae (“friend-of-the-court”) brief today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case Texas v. United States, citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court uphold the District Court ruling to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [...]
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Harmar Brereton, MD

Founder
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

 

“Perhaps one of the most impactful collaborations in Dr. Brereton’s extraordinary career remains his early work and long friendship with Ellen Stovall. Through him, and in turn through the thousands of lives he has touched, Ellen’s work continues, and her mission lives on.”

—Karen M. Saunders
President, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute