NCCN Policy Summit to address the impact of the reform of health care on the practice of oncology academic -
On July 10, 2014, the Comprehensive Cancer Network® national (NCCN®) will host the Summit of the NCCN policy :. impact of reform on health care Academic Oncology Practice , at The Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia, as part of the political program of NCCN Oncology
Sunshine Act physician payments, adopted under the Law affordable care patient protection and is designed to ensure transparency of financial relations between doctors, teaching hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry. In part, this summit will examine the impact of the Sunshine Act on academic physicians, as well as provide a forum for stakeholders to discuss the reform of health care, as currently designed and implemented, and examine its effect on academic cancer centers, including topics such as change in the care site, affiliate models, and the cost and quality of care in academic cancer centers.
"to date, much of the discussion on the reform of health care and the delivery of cancer care has focused on the impact on the practice of community oncology with much less attention to how academic oncology centers are affected, "said Robert W. Carlson, MD, Chief Executive Officer, NCCN. academic cancer centers "With evidence that some cancer patients have better results in the centers of struggle against cancer, NCCN seeks to provide a forum for discussion on the reform of the effect of health care is to have or will have on the practice of oncology university, access to care, and the patients they serve "
researchers at City of Hope, a National cancer Institute (NCI). - designated cancer center in Duarte, California, has recently completed a study of 53.618 patients with breast, cervical, colorectal, gastric, hepatobiliary, lung, mouth, or pancreatic cancers, found that patients treated in the control centers against NCI-designated cancer have higher overall survival compared to those treated in community cancer centers, even taking into account factors such as socioeconomic status, age and sex.
"findings of population-level show that for certain types of cancer, there is a survival benefit for treatment in a specialized cancer center that was designated by the NCI as a" Comprehensive cancer Center, "said Julie Anne Wolfson, MD, MSHS, City of Hope, the lead author of the study." However, there are a number of factors associated with a lower likelihood of receiving treatment for such specialized oncology center, including having public insurance or no health, lower socioeconomic status, being an African-American or Hispanic community, or live more than nine miles from the nearest cancer center. "
Summit on NCCN political will feature two panels, each beginning with a speech. Participation in the first session are speakers, Anita Griner, MBA, PMP, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS) and Marc F. Stewart, MD, Seattle cancer Care Alliance, followed by a round table, including Matt Farber, MA, Association of Community cancer centers; Ms. Griner; Deidre Meehan, JD, Johnson & Johnson ; Jon Retzlaff, MBA, MPA, American Association for Cancer Research; Samuel Silver, MD, PhD, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and American Society of Hematology, Dr. Stewart, and Andrew Zelenetz, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
second session of the summit will include a speech by Kavita Patel, MD, the Brookings Institution and Tim Ferris, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, followed by a round table with the following panelists:. Christian Downs , JD, MHA, Association of Community cancer centers; Dr. Ferris; Louis Jacques, MD, ADVI; Terry Langbaum, MAS, The Center Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer at Johns Hopkins; Donald Liss, MD, Independence Blue Cross; Dr. Patel; Caroline Pearson, Avalere Health; Brian Rosen, JD, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; and Dr. Wolfson.
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