ACCC, ASCO, & CMA News

The following information has been received by ANCO.


****ACCC NEWS****
The Association of Community Cancer Center's (ACCC) This Week at ACCC was published and is available at http://www.accc-cancer.org/mediaroom/newsletters/media_ACCCNEWSLETTER_10-27-2008.html. ANCO is an Institutional Member of ACCC. This edition features:

CMS Releases Guidance on Use of Drug Compendia

Limited Space Available at ACCC's Highly Acclaimed Hospital Summit

CMS Updates Data on Medicare Outpatient Payments to Hospitals

NCI Online Research Portfolio Offers More Information, New Tools

Medicare Reimbursement for New FDA-Approved Drugs

Credit Woes Catching up with Radiation-Oncology Firms

Regional Oncology Symposia Coming to Tampa and Philadelphia

Call for Nominations for ACCC's Board

Welcome Aboard to ACCC's Newest Members

Q&A on ACCC's Listserv: Uninsured Patients; Exercise Programs

ACCC's CE Blackboard: Upcoming Video-Webcast on CML

One in Four Teenage Girls Receives HPV Vaccine

Survey: Chemotherapy Dosing in Obese Patients

State Medical Oncology Societies Host Upcoming Meetings


****ASCO NEWS****
The American Society Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) e-News was published and is available at http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe6015787460057e711d&m=ff2d16787160&ls=fdf012777067017f71167870&l=fe5a1575746c027b7112&s=fdf2157972640d79751d7073&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe2a167177610774771c75. ANCO is a state/regional affiliate of ASCO. This edition features:

Voting Now Open for 2009 ASCO Election

Slide Revision: 2008 Annual Meeting Plenary Session

Frosted Pink with a Twist Raises Cancer Awareness Nationwide

Apply Now for 2009 Translational Research Professorship

Apply Now for the 2009 Susan G. Komen for the Cure®/ASCO Loan Repayment Program

ASCO Launches First MOC Module

Register and Reserve Housing for the 2009 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Register and Reserve Housing for 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Members-Only Housing Open for 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

Submit an Abstract for the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

Accepting Applications for 2009 ASCO State Affiliate Grants

Accepting Applications for 2009 IDEA Grant

Presentations from 2008 Annual Meeting Available at No Cost

Annual Meeting Summaries Available on ASCO.org

Video Podcasts from the 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium Now Available

Deadline Approaching for CDA and YIA Grants

Apply for 2009 ACRA in Breast Cancer or 2009 ACRA in Glioma

Cancer Policy Alert: ASCO and Komen for the Cure Announce Diversity in Oncology Initiative, CMS Announces Permanent Recovery Audit Contractors, OIG Issues 2009 Work Plan

For Your Patients: Latest Cancer.Net Feature Discusses Proton Therapy

Cancer.Net Podcasts: Pap Test - What to Expect

What's New in JCO: Early Release Articles Published

See What's Coming Up in JCO


****CMA NEWS****
The California Medical Association's (CMA) Alert was published and is available at http://www.calphys.org/html/news.asp. This edition features:

HHS Proposes Move to ICD-10 by 2011

Please Tell Us About Your Medicare Payment Problems

CMA Objects to FTC Interpretation of “Red Flag” Identity Theft Rules

Balance Billing Regs Apply to Care Provided on or After October 15

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