NCCS Offers Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on...
Click here to view all of NCCS’ policy comments. Recently, NCCS submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on its proposed Oncology Care Model (OCM), an episode-based payment...
View ArticleCelebrating Hope and Community at the Dempsey Challenge in Lewiston, Maine
Two weeks ago I was able to represent NCCS at the Dempsey Challenge with the Amgen Breakaway from Cancer partners. Breakaway from Cancer (BFC) is a national initiative founded in 2005 by Amgen which...
View ArticleTwo Free Apps Help Manage Cancer Symptoms and Coordinate Care
Two new free mobile apps help people facing cancer to better manage the disease by learning how to deal with certain symptoms, and coordinate their care after cancer treatment has ended. Self-Care...
View ArticleEllen Stovall Presents the Patient Perspective on Overtreatment at the ASCO...
On October 17th, NCCS Senior Health Policy Advisor Ellen Stovall will be presenting the patient perspective on overtreatment at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium in Boston. Ellen will be discussing the...
View ArticleAn Updated Survivorship Care Planning Template and Identifying Barriers to...
Recently, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released an updated cancer survivorship care planning (SCP) template—news that was captured by several medical online news outlets including...
View ArticleA Tribute to Survivorship and a Happy Cancerversary to Our Friend and Colleague
Many of us who are cancer survivors mark our calendars with days, months, and fortunately for some of us, with years. We at NCCS have used the word “Cancerversary” to acknowledge these passages of...
View ArticleNCCS to Honor Two Inspiring Advocates at Focus on the Care Event in...
While We Hope for a Cure, We Must Focus on the Care. Please join us on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, as we celebrate recent accomplishments and recognize two remarkable people who have made...
View ArticleSpeaking to the Needs of Patients Living with Advanced Cancers and Honoring...
This week, 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...
View ArticleNCCS Offers Policy Comments: Strategies for Increasing Patient Participation...
The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) authorized a patient-focused drug development program, and in the years since enactment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
View ArticleNCCS Policy Comments: Recommending Cancer Survivorship as a Topic for FDA...
Last week, NCCS submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the series of patient-focused drug development meetings that have been convened and the list of disease topic...
View ArticleThe National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Establishes the Jessie Gruman...
For more than twenty years, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) had the privilege of adapting our friend and colleague, Jessie Gruman’s important work into the development of the...
View ArticleAnnouncing a New Blog Series: “The Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care” 20...
In 1995, NCCS published Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: Access, Advocacy, Action, and Accountability (Imperatives), the culmination of an inclusive, community-based process. Adopted at the First...
View ArticleNCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso Introduces Our New Blog Series
This year, NCCS and a diverse group of guest contributors will revisit the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care as published in 1995 and evaluate progress made to date in achieving the principles...
View ArticleThe New Medicare Oncology Care Model Will Improve Quality of Care for Cancer...
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) applauds the release by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Oncology Care Model, a multi-payer program with the goal of...
View ArticleJourney Forward and ERS Advance Survivorship Care Planning Through Data...
Data integration solution addresses one of the barriers associated with creating Care Plans for cancer survivors Journey Forward, a leader in survivorship care planning, and Electronic Registry...
View ArticleNational Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Joins the Health Care Payment...
Today the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) joined the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network and announced its goal in support of alternative payment models that will foster...
View ArticleJoin Us: “Patient-Care Team Communication: How Can the Survivor Prepare to...
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship is hosting a free webinar titled, “Patient-Care Team Communication: How Can the Survivor Prepare to Manage a Lifetime of Care?” on Wednesday, April 29...
View ArticleNCCS Joins Other Advocates in Endorsing Bipartisan Medical Debt Relief Act of...
This week NCCS joined a diverse group of advocacy groups in endorsing the bipartisan Medical Debt Relief Act of 2015 (H.R. 2362). Medical debts can remain on patients’ credit scores for up to seven...
View ArticleOur Response to the Recent Allegations of Misuse of Donor’s Gifts by Four...
This week, we learned the heartbreaking news that four cancer charities have been accused of misusing donor’s gifts, spent lavishly on inappropriate expenses, and did little to support the cancer...
View ArticleBipartisan Bill to Improve Cancer Care Is Introduced in House by...
Planning Actively for Cancer Treatment (PACT) Act (H.R. 2846) would enhance care of millions of Medicare patients Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) and Congressman Charles Boustany,...
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