Addressing the Gaps in Treatment Planning and Coordination with the PACT Act (H.R. 2477)
Recently we were reminded of the importance of the Planning Actively for Cancer Treatment (PACT) Act, H.R. 2477 as we participated in the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s (LRF) Lymphoma Education and Advocacy Partners (LEAP) webinar focused on survivorship and care coordination. NCCS has identified the PACT Act as one of our ...
WCOE: Making Hard Choices and the Impact of Price Transparency
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Some physicians are reluctant to answer the question, “What would you do if you were in my shoes?” In “Living with Cancer: Difficult Choices,” another installment in ...
WCOE: Planning for Hospice, Difficult Conversations, and Second Opinions
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. As avid followers of Susan Gubar’s series in The New York Times on living with cancer, we read her most recent installment, “Living with Cancer: A Tour of Hospice” ...
Reinventing Patient-Centered Cancer Care Brookings Institute “MEDTalk”
On Wednesday, as part of the Merkin Series on Innovation in Care Delivery, the Brookings Institute held an event in their new MEDTalk format titled, Reinventing Patient-Centered Cancer Care. The MEDTalk event follows the popular TED Talk format, and it was designed to feature several short presentations that considered the challenges of delivering oncology care ...
WCOE: Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Challenges and an ACA Progress Report
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. A PBS Newshour segment, “Pediatric Cancer Survivors Face a Lifetime of Health Challenges,” discusses the late effects and potential secondary cancers that survivors of pediatric cancers face ...
WCOE: Moving Towards Quality Cancer Care and Remembering an Advocate
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. This week NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso and Senior Health Policy Advisor Ellen Stovall presented in separate sessions at the Seventh Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference. Shelley ...
Medicare Care Choices Program and Cancer Care Planning for Medicare Beneficiaries
An op-ed authored by NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso and published in the Santa Barbara Independent today championed hospice care, the Medicare Care Choices Program, and cancer care planning for Medicare beneficiaries. "Just as the hospice program will give the patient the power to decide the elements of their care, ...
WCOE: Patient-Centered Care, “The Fault in Our Stars” and Genetic Data
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. "A focus on the patient and support for continued progress needs to be part of the equation." Three articles caught our eye at NCCS this week. The ...
Dr. Patricia Ganz Talks About Common Cancer Survivorship Issues and Founding of NCCS
A recent episode of Take Care, a health care-focused radio show produced by NPR affiliate WRVO, featured an interview with Dr. Patricia Ganz, a medical oncologist and director of the UCLA LIVESTRONG Cancer Survivorship Center of Excellence. In the interview, Dr. Ganz describes a number of issues that can plague ...
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 ...
