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I was honored to represent NCCS along with leaders in the health care community at the White House on Friday when President Obama announced his new Precision Medicine Initiative. Introducing the President was 19-year-old Harvard Student Elana Simon, who researched her own liver cancer and helped identify the genetic cause of the rare disease. The […]
This post is part of a special blog series: “The Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: 20 Years Later.” Read more from this series. The first imperative states, “People with cancer have the right to a system of universal health care. This access should not be precluded because of preexisting conditions, genetic or other risk factors, […]
Don't miss President Obama speak on his #PrecisionMedicine Initiative at 11:10am ET → https://t.co/zcSZULoCno — White House OSTP 44 (@WHOSTP44) January 30, 2015 What is President Obama's 'precision medicine' plan, and how might it help you? https://t.co/T8sXHBGWm0 — Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) January 30, 2015 Beautiful post by @drdonsdizon. Palliative care does not mean hospice […]
Cancer Policy Matters Guest Post by Tanisha Carino, Executive Vice President, Avalere Health Just one year after the launch of the state exchanges, we have seen a remarkable drop in the number of Americans without health insurance. By the end of 2015, Avalere projects 10.5 million people will be enrolled in the exchanges, which will […]
The impetus for creating an issue paper entitled “Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care” (Imperatives) came from a desire for the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) to have a snapshot of the state of both the art and science of quality cancer care for people diagnosed with cancer across three domains—psychosocial impacts of the diagnosis; physiological […]
The first principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, “People with cancer have the right to a system of universal health care. This access should not be precluded because of preexisting conditions, genetic or other risk factors, or employment status.” The Affordable Care Act has impacted these issues more than any other legislation passed in the […]
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is making great strides in ensuring that, “People with cancer have the right to a system of universal health care in which access is not precluded because of preexisting conditions, genetic or other risks factors, or employment status.” Post by Lisa Gray as part of the “Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: […]
This year, NCCS and a diverse group of guest contributors will revisit the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care as published in 1995 and evaluate progress made to date in achieving the principles proposed and ensuring that they guide the cancer care experience. Each month, we will review and discuss one of the 12 principles. We […]
Read posts from the new blog series: “The Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care” 20 Years Later In 1995, NCCS published Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: Access, Advocacy, Action, and Accountability (Imperatives), the culmination of an inclusive, community-based process. Adopted at the First National Congress on Cancer Survivorship, the Imperatives represented the community’s first look at […]
In late December 2014, NCCS joined colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council in submitting comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the proposed rule on notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2016. Many cancer survivors have purchased qualified health plans (QHPs) through the health insurance exchanges and their access to […]
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