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WCOE: Shared Decision-Making, Medicare Plans to Pay Doctors to Talk About End-of-Life Care, and Patient Advocate Meets with Congressional Representative

July 10, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Health Care Coverage Cancer Nation News

Patients should learn ALL treatment options. @nprnews: Knowing How Doctors Die Can Change End-Of-Life Discussions https://t.co/If5z8vn6bC — Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) July 7, 2015 "Death panel" was an unfortunate misnomer and we should not perpetuate it. Patients deserve advanced care planning. https://t.co/7c8R63jb7D — Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) July 9, 2015 "Shared decision-making is a relationship […]

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WCOE: Supreme Court Ruling Breathes Life Into Affordable Care Act, Patient Advocates in DC for #CPAT15 Visit the Hill to Show Support for PACT Act, Sponsored by Congresswoman Lois Capps and Congressman Charles Boustany

June 29, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Care Planning, Health Care Coverage, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care Cancer Nation News

  Supreme Court decision is good news for cancer patients who need help purchasing health insurance. #SCOTUS #KingvBurwell — Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) June 25, 2015   Check out this blog post about yesterday's #PACTAct visits https://t.co/A3JCmpbwxs — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) June 25, 2015   Thank you @RepBoustany for your […]

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NCCS Submits Comments to the Senate Finance Committee in Response to Bipartisan Effort to Improve Care for Medicare Patients with Chronic Conditions

June 22, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, Policy Comments Access to Care, Care Planning, Health Care Coverage, Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care Cancer Nation News, Policy Comments

Today the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) submitted comments to the Senate Finance Committee in response to a bipartisan effort to begin exploring solutions that will improve outcomes for Medicare patients requiring chronic care. Cancer has a major impact on the Medicare program—68% of cancer deaths occurring in individuals 65 years of older, and […]

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WCOE: When Doctors Don’t Talk to Doctors, “Below-the-Belt” Cancers, and the Psychological Effects of Chemo

June 19, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Care Planning, Health Care Coverage, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care Cancer Nation News

When Doctors Don’t Talk to Doctors https://t.co/kp02F3nj9q via @nytimeswell — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) June 18, 2015 Via @nprnews: It's Time To Pay Attention To 'Below-The-Belt' Cancers https://t.co/baiKgzecyu — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) June 18, 2015 Psychological effects of chemotherapy: Video interview of Susan Gubar https://t.co/ue13Y2v7wc #chemobrain […]

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Dr. Atul Gawande’s Recent “Overkill” Article Examines Screening, Overtreatment, and Anxiety

May 11, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Care Coordination, Clinical Guidelines, Health Care Coverage, Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care Cancer Nation News

In another excellent piece in the The New Yorker entitled “Overkill,” Dr. Atul Gawande writes about what he calls an “avalanche” of unnecessary care Americans are receiving. With his characteristic mix of hard data, policy analysis, and personal stories, he describes the harms of overtreatment, to both individuals and the health care system. He writes, […]

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WCOE: Becoming a Caregiver, Homemade Cards From A Survivor, Quality of Life Talks, and Atul Gawande’s Latest

May 8, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Care Planning, Health Care Coverage, Palliative Care, Quality Cancer Care Cancer Nation News

Susan Gubar's Living With Cancer: Becoming a Caregiver https://t.co/OaEHabDNs0 via @nytimeswell — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) May 8, 2015 A cancer survivor designs the cards she wishes she’d received from friends and family: https://t.co/bKV9SFdVoV via @slate — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) May 8, 2015 It’s Not Just […]

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WCOE: Bi-Partisan Bill Overhauls How Doctors Get Paid, Psychological Effects of Chemo, and the Art of Concealing Cancer

April 17, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Care Planning, Health Care Coverage, Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care Cancer Nation News

SGR: Bipartisan Senate ends flawed Medicare payment formula https://t.co/9KQkuIFqDr — Alec Stone (@ONSAlec) April 15, 2015 What Is the ‘Doc Fix’? https://t.co/M4Iy0rh8K7 via @WSJPolitics — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) April 15, 2015 Living With Cancer: In and Out of the Closet https://t.co/dd3GxpPVVV via @nytimeswell — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer […]

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WCOE: Replacing the SGR Formula, Patient Advocate Speaks at FDA, and Dr. Peter Ubel talks Patient Needs

April 10, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Health Care Coverage, Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care Cancer Nation News

#Medicare, replacing the SGR forumula, and the need for quality measures via @sarahkliff https://t.co/LP8CmO69gX — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) April 6, 2015 Shirley Mertz spoke at FDA Pt-Focused Drug Development Mtng. https://t.co/t4sHSiWLWQ Passionate! pic.twitter.com/XdSDrTekx0 — MetastaticBCNetwork (@MBCNbuzz) April 3, 2015 Dr. Peter Ubel (VIDEO) "If we assume that we know what […]

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