ACCC & 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 and is available online at http://www.accc-cancer.org/mediaroom/newsletters/2009/media_ACCCNEWSLETTER_5-4-2009.html. ANCO is an Institutional Member of ACCC. This edition features:

DRUGDEX® Drug Compendium Available to ACCC Members

ACCC's 2009 Cancer Program Administrator Survey Reveals Challenges

Meeting Focuses on Cancer Center Construction, Renovation

Minneapolis Is Site for ACCC's September Oncology Economics Conference

Webinar Planned on Patient Navigation Services, June 10, 2009

FDA Updates Renal Dosing for Revlimid

New Early Detection Studies of Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers Launched Today

Cincinnati Get Ready: ACCC's Symposium Is May 6; Houston to Follow

Q&A on ACCC's Listserve: More on Patient Navigation

ACCC's CE Blackboard: New Course on Best Practices in RCC


****CMS NEWS****
The General Equivalence Mappings – ICD-9-CM To and From ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS (Fact Sheet) (March 2009), which provides information and resources regarding the General Equivalence Mappings that were developed as a tool to assist with the conversion of International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) and the conversion of ICD-10 codes back to ICD-9-CM, is now available in print format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network. To place your order, visit http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNGenInfo/ , scroll down to “Related Links Inside CMS” and select “MLN Product Ordering Page.”


SE0904 – An Introductory Overview of the HIPAA 5010
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE0904.pdf

The implementation of HIPAA 5010 presents substantial changes in the content of the data that providers submit with their claims, as well as the data available to them in response to their electronic inquiries. This Special Edition MLN Matters article alerts providers of these HIPAA changes and how they need to plan for their implementation.