WCOE: Reactions to ASCO’s Annual Meeting
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. I am happy to be back in the office, after spending five days in Chicago at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. It was ...
Focus on the Care Video: Palliative Care and Living Well with Cancer
Last week we noted two recent articles addressing palliative and end of life care issues, including an article written from the first-hand experience of Amy Berman, who is both a nurse and an individual living with cancer. In Amy Berman's recent post on the Health Affairs Blog, she describes palliative care as the "best ...
WCOE: Amy Berman’s “Less Is More” Approach and End of Life Care
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. We need compassionate, communicative physicians who can deliver care without feeling like they are abandoning their patients. In the May 22nd Health Affairs online blog, "Living My Life My ...
It Takes a Team – Connecting with Survivors at the Amgen Tour of California
Last week, four members of the NCCS team traveled from our home office outside of DC to join our Breakaway from Cancer partners for eight stages of an outdoor festival at the Amgen Tour of California. Our work with Breakaway from Cancer is an opportunity to get the word out ...
WCOE: Ethics and Discussions about Patient Goals and Preferences, Evidence-Based Medicine
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. “I must always remind myself that living for the sake of living cannot be the ultimate goal. It has to be informed by quality of life. Only ...
Rep. Lois Capps Speaks on Bill to Improve Cancer Care Planning (Video)
Representative Lois Capps (D-CA) recently spoke about the importance of the Planning Actively for Cancer Treatment (PACT) Act and the need for quality cancer care and care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries. Research has confirmed that coordinated cancer care outlined in a written care plan — care that integrates active treatment ...
Journey Forward: How Can We Make Survivorship Care Planning a Reality?
I recently attended the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) Spring Meeting. The CoC membership includes Fellows of the American College of Surgeons, as well as representatives from 52 other member organizations. In 2010, NCCS became one of four patient advocacy organizations to serve as members of the ...
WCOE: Employment Issues, Health Systems, Defining Value in Cancer Care
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. “Many clinicians believe that although patients may miss work during treatment, they will ‘bounce back’ in the longer term. The results of this study suggest otherwise and ...
New York Times Article Sheds Light on How the Cost of Treatment May Influence Doctors
Andrew Pollack of The New York Times wrote an interesting article for the Business Section of the paper, shedding light on how the cost of treatment may influence doctors. Quotes from Dr. Lowell Schnipper from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) are featured, as are those from leaders at the ...
NCCS Applauds Test of Care Choices for Cancer Patients
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 ...
