Each year, ACCC is active at the state and federal level, advocating on behalf of its members to ensure that the rules and regulations in place do not in any way impede the delivery of high-quality cancer care. In 2023, ACCC members identified four core areas of focus among a larger set of issues and concerns that the organization will support: 1) Protect Adequate and Stable Reimbursement for Oncology Providers; 2) Reduce Delays in Care Due to Utilization Management; 3) Preserve Provider and Patient Choice in Cancer Treatment; and 4) Improve Access to and Coverage of Supportive Oncology Services.
Guest:
Barbara Schmidtman, PhD
Vice President of Operations, Corewell Health West
Chair, Governmental Affairs Committee, Association of Community Cancer Centers
“Continued access to telehealth coverage is an important topic that we need to continue to bring up over the next several years...as we look at the shortage of medical oncologists and other specially-trained providers and…the rural communities that do not always have access to highly-specialized or sub-specialized clinicians, the use of telehealth is incredibly impactful for providing care to those rural communities.”
Read more in “ACCC Announces its 2023 Advocacy Agenda” in ACCCBuzz.
Resources:
Advocacy in Action: Putting Guardrails Around Step Therapy
Compliance: Jumping Through the Hoops of Prior Authorizations and Denials to Deliver Comprehensive Cancer Care
How to Prepare for the Prior Authorization Blizzard
Study Highlights Need for Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Reform
Pharmacy Benefit Managers: How Advocacy Led to Action [PODCAST] Ep 85
State by State: Advocacy Advances PBM Reform, Part 1
State by State: Advocacy Advances PBM Reform, Part 2
Overcoming Barriers to Holistic Survivorship Care for Immunotherapy Patients
Integrating Genetic Counselors in Routine Genitourinary Care
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Anemia Management in High-Risk MDS and AML
Improving Care Delivery to Patients Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Highlights from the ACCC Working Summit: Advancing CAR T-Cell Therapy Care Continuity and Collaborative Patient Education
Care Action Plans for People with Cancer
Beyond the Brush: Navigating Dental Care in Head & Neck Cancer
Navigating the Operational Challenges of Treatment with Bispecific Antibodies
Policy Perspectives on Biomarker Testing Coverage for 2024
Open Enrollment: Best Practices for End-of-Year Prep
Disparities in Accessing Care for AML Patients: Challenges and Solutions
Clarifying the Role of Maintenance Therapy
A Conversation With ACCC’s Outgoing and Incoming Presidents at the ACCC 50th Annual Meeting and Cancer Center Business Summit
LIVE from AMCCBS: White House Update
LIVE from AMCCBS: Capitol Hill Update
LIVE from AMCCBS: Institute for Comprehensive Cancer Care Services
LIVE from AMCCBS: New Payments for Patient Navigation
LIVE from AMCCBS: Financial Advocacy Resources
Making the Case for Head & Neck Cancer Patient Care Navigators
The Florez Lab: Increasing Retention and Improving Productivity of Under-Represented in Medicine Trainees
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