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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 NCCS News /by actualize
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 15, 2015

Living With Cancer: In and Out of the Closet https://t.co/dd3GxpPVVV via @nytimeswell

— NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) April 17, 2015

Susan Gubar, author of @nytimeswell blog "Living w/ Cancer," onpsychological effects of treatment https://t.co/ue13Y2v7wc #chemobrain

— NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) April 15, 2015

"May The Era Of Medicare’s Doc Fix (1997-2015) Rest In Peace. Now What?" The latest on HABlog https://t.co/VFlVJoJ41C #SGR #docfix

— Health Affairs (@Health_Affairs) April 15, 2015

Tags: cancer care, care planning, Medicare, patient first, payment reform, quality, Susan Gubar, What Caught Our Eye
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    • Quality Cancer Care
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    • Redefining Functional Status (RFS)
    • 2020 State of Cancer Survivorship Survey
    • Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act (CCPCA)
  • Get Involved
    • What is Advocacy?
    • Cancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT)
    • Elevating Survivorship
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