ACCC, ASCO, & Palmetto/J1MAC 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 today and is available online at http://www.accc-cancer.org/mediaroom/newsletters/media_ACCCNEWSLETTER_11-24-2008.html. ANCO is an Institutional Member of ACCC. This edition features:

ACCC's Hospital Summit: At Only $169. Don't Miss It!

CMS Clarifies Requirements for Physician Supervision of HOPD Services

Time is Running Out: Apply for ACCC Cancer Care Navigation Project Pilot Site

Regional Symposium Coming to Philadelphia Next Week

Q&A on ACCC's Listserv: Coding for Multiple Encounters

ACCC's CE Blackboard: Breast Cancer Concepts

Take Our Survey: Oncology Issues and ACCC's Website

NCI Advisors Approve Major Cancer Research Initiatives

NCI Technology Research Facility Gets Off the Ground

State Medical Oncology Societies Host Membership Meetings


****ASCO NEWS****
The American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) e-News was published today and is available at http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe5c1578766c027d7111&m=ff2d16787160&ls=fded127873670c7c73147770&l=fe5f157577630c7d7713&s=fdf2157972640d79751d7073&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe3416717064007c741178. ANCO is a state/regional affiliate of ASCO. This edition features:

Last Chance to Vote in the 2009 ASCO Election

Check Out What's New in JCO

Newest Issue of JOP Available Online

Virtual Meeting for the ASCO-NCI-EORTC Annual Meeting on Molecular Markers in Cancer Now Available for Free

EHR Field Guide Now Available on ASCO's Bookstore

New Online CME Activities Available for Members

ASCO Launches Its First Maintenance of Certification Module

Letters of Intent for 2009 ACRAs in Breast Cancer and Glioma Due Dec. 4

Application Deadline Approaching for 2009 ASCO State Affiliate Grants

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

Register and Reserve Housing for the 2009 GU Cancers Symposium

Apply for the 2009 IDEA Grant

Review ASCO State/Regional Affiliates Calendar of Events

Cancer Policy Alert: President's Cancer Panel Releases Report on Combating Cancer; CMS Issues Final Medicare Physician Payment Rule for 2009; New Report Issues Recommendations on Improving Cancer Clinical Trials

Cancer.Net Features: Answers to Holiday Questions


****PALMETTO/J1MAC NEWS****
CMS Issues Improper Payment Rates for Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/DocsCat/Providers~Current%20News~CMS%20Issues%20Improper%20Payment%20Rates%20for%20Medicare,%20Medicaid,%20and%20SCHIP?opendocument

CMS today reported it protected roughly $400 million of taxpayer dollars as
improper payments for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) decreased from 3.9
percent in Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 to 3.6 percent, or $10.4 billion, in FY
2008. The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP improper payment rates are issued
annually as part of the HHS Agency Financial Report.


Inappropriate Access to or Use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Transaction Data by Third Party Entities
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/DocsCat/Providers~Railroad%20Medicare~EDI~General~Inappropriate%20Access%20to%20or%20Use%20of%20Electronic%20Data%20Interchange%20(EDI)%20Transaction%20Data%20by%20Third%20Party%20Entities?opendocument

This MLM article was originally published in 2004. Palmetto GBA wants to
make sure all submtiters understand the existing Medicare requirements and
prohibitions concerning use of EDI numbers and passwords.