NCI & Palmetto/J1MAC News

The following information has been received by ANCO.


****NCI NEWS****
Do you find it challenging to keep enough NCI patient education materials on hand? Would you like an alternative that helps you get as much as you need, whenever you need it?

NCI’s Contents & Covers program helps you to make your own copies of select NCI patient education materials, so you can meet the needs of the patients, friends, and families that your organization serves. Using Contents & Covers, you can:

• Meet ongoing demand without concern for ordering limits or shipping time

• Print materials in a timely manner, as you need them

• Copy or print in a convenient 8 ½ x 11 format

What’s available through Contents & Covers?

As of now, available publications include:

Chemotherapy and You https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/detail.aspx?rodid=P117

Radiation Therapy and You https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/detail.aspx?prodid=P123

Eating Hints https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/detail.aspx?prodid=P118

Facing Forward: Life After Cancer Treatment https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/detail.aspx?prodid=P119

What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/detail.aspx?prodid=P017

What You Need to Know About Cancer https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/detail.aspx?prodid=P018

How does it work?

You can make copies of NCI patient education materials in three easy steps:

1. Download the inside Contents of select publications (without their covers) from the NCI Publications Web site. Using the downloaded PDF file, you can print 1 or more copies from your computer. If you need many copies at one time, it might be more cost-effective for you to photocopy them.

2. Order professionally printed, color front and back Covers from the NCI Publications Web site or by calling 1-800-4-CANCER. Covers are provided in packs of 25 sets (enough to bind 25 publications)
Or, Download front and back Covers from the NCI Publications Web site.

3. Bind the Contents to the Covers to make your own NCI patient education materials.
How do I get more information?
See if the Contents & Covers program is right for your organization. Go online to our detailed fact sheet to see descriptions, inventory numbers, and complete ordering instructions or call 1-800-4-CANCER and select the option to order publications.


****PALMETTO/J1MAC NEWS****
J1 Part B LCDs Updates
Check out the following revised J1 Part B LCDs on the J1 Part B Web site:
Blepharoplasty, Blepharoptosis and Brow Lift L28239; Cytogenetic Studies
L28251; Injection of Spinal Canal L28270 and Oncotype Dx Test - Breast
Cancer Prognosis L28287.
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/vMasterDID/82RLMU3470?opendocument


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