ACCC: Patient and Provider Access

Because of failed debt negotiation talks back in 2011, on April 1, 2013, an automatic 2% reduction in payment took place across the board on all claims submitted for Medicare reimbursement. Read More ›

Establishing a patient-centered approach is rapidly becoming a core requirement in US medical practices. Read More ›

The Association of Community Cancer Cen­ters (ACCC) held its 39th Annual Na­tional Meeting for members March 6-8, 2013. Read More ›

Since 2004, un­der the False Claims Act, whistleblowers have fueled numerous federal investigations into fraudulent claims for reimbursement from federal programs, such as Medicare, that violated the Food, Drug, & Cosmetic (FD&C) Act. Read More ›

Beginning in 2014, state health insurance exchanges will offer consumers a more organized and competitive market for buying health insurance. Read More ›

The Patient Protection and Afford­able Care Act (ACA) of 2010 created many important reforms in healthcare. Many of the ACA’s provisions are very popular, such as the ability of parents to keep children on their health insurance plans until age 26 years and the elimination of insurance denials for pre-existing conditions. Read More ›

Many people talk about the ever-changing landscape of healthcare—and this is true now more than ever. In the months to come, the sustainable growth rate (SGR), several Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules, federal debt negotiations, and sequestration are likely to come together to have an impact on physicians’ ability to provide care for Medicare beneficiaries. But how, specifically, will these factors affect community oncology?

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Every summer and fall, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) hosts a series of Regional Oncology Economic and Man - agement Meetings. These meetings are targeted for members who are in the business of delivering cancer care in the hospital or the office setting. The regional gatherings offer ACCC members the opportunity to get together with other providers in their region to receive up-to-date information on the latest trends and the economics of oncology care. The ACCC has just completed its third regional meeting in Berkeley, CA. Read More ›

Every day, increasing numbers of patients learn that a chemo - therapy has been developed that could save their lives, but the drug they need is unavailable, because no one is manufacturing it. Expensive to man ufacture, yet priced very low, generic sterile injectable chemotherapies are some of the drugs that are the most vulnerable to production shortages.

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Imagine that you are a patient who has been recently diagnosed with cancer. While you are still recovering from a difficult surgery to remove the tumor, your oncologist ad­vises you it is time to begin chemotherapy. You are relieved to learn that your doctor has written a prescription for an oral anticancer medication, so you will not have to make weekly trips to the oncologist’s office for intravenous (IV) chemotherapy infusions. You promptly go to the pharmacy to fill the order. Read More ›


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