Patient Advocacy Summit: Welcome and Advancing Equity Through The CMS Innovation Center (Part 1)
The NCCN Patient Advocacy Summit: Best Practices and Policies for Addressing the Health Needs of LGBTQ+ Cancer Patients and Survivors was held December 2, 2022.
00:20 Welcome and Introductions
Wui-Jin Koh, MD
Senior Vice President/Chief Medical Officer
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
09:03 Advancing Equity Through The CMS Innovation Center
Dora L. Hughes, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
CMS Innovation Center Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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OVERVIEW:
This virtual and in-person summit provided an opportunity for a varied group of stakeholders including patients, providers, patient advocacy organizations, and othes to thoughtfully discuss the importance of providing high-quality, inclusive, equitable, and accessible cancer care to LGBTQ+ patients while exploring current pressing policy challenges and needs to advance more equitable, inclusive, and responsive cancer care systems for the LGBTQ+ community.
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About NCCN Policy and Advocacy Program:
NCCN works to advance patient access to high-quality, evidence-based cancer care through engagement with policymakers, regulatory agencies, and private and public payers. NCCN also engages in robust external stakeholder engagement and develops educational programming on relevant policy issues. NCCN actively works with regulatory agencies, payers, and legislators to ensure the appropriate and efficient use of NCCN Guidelines and their derivatives in legislation, regulation, coverage policy, and quality and value programs.
For more information, visit http://nccn.org/policy or send questions to [email protected].
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About NCCN:
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to improving and facilitating quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives. Visit https://www.nccn.org/ for more information.
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