ACCC & 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 at http://www.accc-cancer.org/mediaroom/newsletters/media_ACCCNEWSLETTER_11-17-2008.html. ANCO is an Institutional Member of ACCC. This edition features:

ACCC Analysis of Final 2009 Hospital Outpatient Department Rule

ACCC Analysis of Final 2009 Physician Fee Schedule

ACCC President Interviewed in Pharmacy Practice News

Still Time to Apply for ACCC Cancer Care Navigation Project Pilot Site

Make Your Cancer Service Line More Competitive: ACCC's Hospital Summit

Regional Symposium Coming to Philadelphia

Q&A on ACCC's Listserv: Chemo and a "Present" Physician

ACCC's CE Blackboard: New Multiple Myeloma Therapy Symposium

State Medical Oncology Societies Host Upcoming Meetings


****PALLMETTO/J1MAC NEWS****
Compendia as Authoritative Sources for Use in the Determination of a
"Medically Accepted Indication" of Drugs and Biologicals Used Off-Label in
an Anti-Cancer Chemotherapeutic Regimen
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/DocsCat/Providers~Jurisdiction%201%20Part%20B~Articles~Oncology%20Hematology~Compendia%20as%20Authoritative%20Sources%20for%20Use%20in%20the%20Determination%20of%20a%20"Medically%20Accepted%20Indication"%20of%20Drugs%20and%20Biologicals%20Used%20Off-Label%20in%20an%20Anti-Cancer%20Chemotherapeutic%20Regimen%20?opendocument

This updates the list of compendia recognized as authoritative sources of
information for the determination of drugs and biologicals used off-label
in anti-cancer chemotherapeutic regimens.