ACCC, ASCO, & CMS 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/2009/media_ACCCNEWSLETTER_1-05-2009.html. ANCO is an Institutional Member of ACCC. This edition features:

ACCC Submits Comments to CMS on HOPPS Final Rule

Register Today: March 18-21, 2009, ACCC's 35th Annual National Meeting

FDA Approves New Drug for Prostate Cancer

New Spanish Language Educations Resources Available from NCI

ACCC’s Drug Database and Compendia-Based Drug Bulletin Put on Hold

Q&A on ACCC's Listserv: ESA Claims and Coding

ACCC's CE Blackboard: Lung Cancer, Year in Review

Take Our Survey: Oncology Issues and ACCC's Website

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=fe571578736d02757714&m=ff2d16787160&ls=fdf112797d60067f7116717d&l=fe52157576620c787c1c&s=fdf2157972640d79751d7073&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe3316717d640678721572. ANCO is a state/regional affiliate of ASCO. This edition features:

2009 ASCO Election Results Now Available Online

ASCO Recognized by FDA and Honored with Award

Deadline Approaching to Submit an Abstract for the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

ASCO's Newest Issue of Clinical Cancer Advances Now Available Online

Cancer Policy Alert: Year End Update on Cancer Policy Activities

Early Registration Deadline for the 2009 GU Cancers Symposium: Jan. 23

Read the Newest JCO Original Report on the Phase II Trial of Sorafenib in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Read the Newest JOP Feature, "Continued Regulatory Actions Affecting the Use of Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs)"

Apply for the Medical Student Rotation, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Apply for the Resident Travel Award, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Don't Miss Out on the Event, Cancer Advances: A Public Forum on Gastrointestinal Cancers

Cancer.Net Feature: Top Cancer Advances in 2008

Cancer.Net Podcast: Clinical Cancer Advances 2008


****CMS NEWS****
MM6328 – Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6328.pdf

MM6290 – Quarterly Update to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, Version 15.0, Effective January 1, 2009
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6290.pdf