WCOE: Bi-Partisan Bill Overhauls How Doctors Get Paid, Psychological Effects of Chemo, and the Art of Concealing Cancer
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. 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 ...
Guest Video: Dr. Susan Gubar Discusses the Financial Burdens of Cancer Care
This video post is part of the 2015 Cancer Policy Matters “The Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: 20 Years Later” blog series. The third principle from the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, “Standards of cancer care should be driven by the quality of care, not only by the cost of care, ...
WCOE: NPR Series Leading to “Emperor of All Maladies,” Clinical Trials, and the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Living With Cancer: Clinical Trials Looking for Patients https://t.co/sfZ0epUeme— NYTimes Well (@nytimeswell) March 26, 2015 Via @nprnews: "Professional Patient" Dixie Josephson has been going through treatment for #ovariancancer for 15 yrs https://t.co/c5ToN8gabv— ...
Revisiting the Second Principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care—Treating the Whole Person
This month, as part of the 20 Years Later series, we are revisiting the second principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: Access, Advocacy, and Accountability. The second principle states, “Quality cancer care should be available in a health care system whose standards and guidelines are developed in consideration ...
Speaking to the Needs of Patients Living with Advanced Cancers and Honoring Cancer Stories with Cancerversary
Recently, NCCS had the honor of celebrating the work and advocacy of two amazing individuals. Susan Gubar, the author of The New York Times blog “Living with Cancer,” received the Natalie Davis Spingarn Writer’s Award, and Lillie Shockney was awarded the Catherine Logan Award for Service to Survivorship. We encourage ...
WCOE: Brittany Maynard’s Death with Dignity, Election Results and the ACA, and Susan Gubar’s “Not Talking About Medical Mistakes”
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. "Why is it so difficult for patients and doctors to discuss surgical accidents and complications without violating professional codes of conduct and arousing fears of legal liability?" ...
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: 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 ...
NCCS Senior Health Policy Advisor Ellen Stovall Responds to Susan Gubar’s “The Cost of Trials”
Susan Gubar's voice as a woman living with ovarian cancer (The New York Times Well Blog, March 20, 2014) clearly describes the dilemma of how to manage some of the most distressing features facing people who want to participate in a cancer clinical trial—namely access to these trials and the matters associated ...
