California Oncology Weekly
"An Oncologists’ Source for Timely Information"
A publication of the
Medical Oncology Association of Southern California, Inc.
January 19, 2021
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Apply today for funding for physician practices through the SBA Paycheck Protection Program California News
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This Thursday, January 21, 2021, CMS Physicians, Nurses & Allied Health Professionals Open Door Forum Medicare News/CMS News
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January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month National News
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CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider form National News
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MOASC Programs - Save the Dates - All Times are Pacific
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Seen on Facebook! MOASC is made up of some of the leading oncologists in Southern California. Meet MOASC member Dr. Daniela A. Bota, vice dean of clinical research and medical director of the UCI Center for Clinical Research. Dr. Bota says that this center’s emphasis on research was particularly timely with the breakout of COVID-19.
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MOASC’s LunchTime Series presents Bobbi Buell bringing an “Update on 2021 Medicare Regulations and E/M Coding,” scheduled for January 27 at 12:30pm. The new year brought many changes to the healthcare industry, specifically to Medicare and E/M policies. But what are these changes and how will your practice be impacted? These questions (along with several more) will be addressed in this webinar for MOASC members by Codemisstress Bobbi Buell.
Other topics include:
- Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2021
- Final Hospital Outpatient Payment Program Rule 2021
- E/M Updates for 2021.
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Have you checked out the event tab on our Facebook & Twitter page? Keep up to date with #MOASC events by “liking” us on our Facebook page. There, we post easy-to-share events about the latest news in #oncology.
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Physicians are reminded that on December 21, 2020, the 116th Congress adopted a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package. The legislation allocates an additional $284 billion in funding for small businesses—including physician practices—through the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program. Apply today!
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"The Burden of Tobacco-Related Cancers in California 1988-2017" is the first report by the California Cancer Registry and California Tobacco Control Program to describe the incidence and mortality rates for 12 tobacco-related cancers across California's counties. The report also highlights the need for improved data collection on tobacco status.
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The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Center Cessation Initiative has now funded six California cancer centers to integrate tobacco treatment into cancer care. The NCI Comprehensive Cancer Centers funded include UC Davis, UC San Francisco, Stanford, City of Hope, UC San Diego, and USC.
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Provider Enrollment Live Chat Webinar - January 27, 2021, will include: Provider Enrollment Live Chat, Provider Enrollment Basics, Provider Enrollment Applications.
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Provider Enrollment Medicare Additional Updates - 2021 Webinar - February 3, 2021.
This event includes: Provider Enrollment, 2021 Updates, Notification Letters, Request for Additional Information, and Electronic Fund Information.
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Evaluation and Management - 99202-99215 and Related Services Webinar - February 25, 2021. This event includes: 2021 Change Summary, Office and Outpatient Services, Time Component, Medical Decision Making, and Resources.
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EFT and Payment Holds Webinar - March 3, 2021. This event includes: Provider Enrollment, Electronic funds transfer, EFT, and Payment Holds.
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2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Now Available. The 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) has been published to the MPFS page.
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Quarterly Update to the NCCI PTP Edits, Version 27.1, Effective April 1, 2021.
CR 12110 provides the quarterly update to the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) edits.
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Region-specific events, webinars and training for January are found JEA, JEB, JAF and JFB.
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CMS News
CMS Physicians, Nurses & Allied Health Professionals Open Door Forums are scheduled for Thursday January 21, 2021 and Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 11:00am – 12:00 PM Pacific Time. Announcements will include: Documentation Requirements Reminder for Physicians Ordering Repetitive, Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Services, Updates to 2021 PFS due to the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Information on Vaccines https://www.cms.gov/covidvax, Toolkit: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/covid-19/coding-covid-19-vaccine-shots, Billing, Enrollment information, Links to MAC’s hotlines for enrollment
Open Door Participation Instructions: Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time.
This call will be Conference Call Only. To participate by phone 1-888-455-1397 & Conference Passcode: 8604468. Persons participating by phone do not need to RSVP.
Instant Replay is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-866-461-2738 (no passcode needed) beginning 1 hour after the call has ended. The recording expires January 23 for the call of Jan. 21 and Jan. 29, 2021, for the call of Jan 27, both at 8:59pm Pacific Time.
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The Geographic Direct Contracting Model is designed to achieve a key goal of value-based care: to ensure that every beneficiary has an entity accountable for their health care cost and quality. Health is local, and for a participant to be successful in Geo, it will need to impact the health of Medicare beneficiaries who reside in the region it serves — not just through traditional medical services, but through active outreach to populations currently disconnected from care and through integration with community, social, and public health services.
By making geography the unit of change, and by enabling care transformation for entire communities, the Geo Model can greatly improve the quality of healthcare delivered to the people within it.
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January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign that raises awareness for those affected by cervical cancer. Contact your local healthcare provider to see if you are due for a cervical cancer screening.
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Here is a link to the CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider form.
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Health care professionals who primarily offer office- or outpatient-based services can maximize reimbursement by ensuring they understand new guidelines for evaluation and management coding and documentation AND by contacting private payers to find out to what extent they are adopting the CMS guidelines. Clinicians must base decisions about telehealth availability on patient preferences and reimbursement trends and should ensure they can produce the quality and outcome data that will be needed to maximize value-based payment arrangements.
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CDC Solicits Nominations for Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women (ACBCYW). Nominees will be selected based on expertise in the fields of breast health, breast cancer, disease prevention and risk reduction, survivorship (including metastatic breast cancer), hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), or in related disciplines with a specific focus on young women. Persons with personal experience with early onset breast cancer are also eligible to apply. This includes but may not be limited to breast cancer survivors <45 years of age and caregivers of said persons. Nominations for membership on the ACBCYW must be received no later than March 12th.
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MOASC suggests your practice, no matter how large or how small, sponsor and produce health content on YouTube as your marketing strategy. In the time of far reaching social media and impact, the efficacy is much greater than trying to reach patients with just pamphlets and fliers.
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ANCO News
For further information on any of the ANCO articles presented below please contact ANCO Executive Director courtney@anco.org
Congratulations to Helen K. Chew, MD Bradley Ekstrand, MD; Steve Y. Lee, MD; and, Thach-Giao Truong MD on their election to the ANCO Board of Directors for three year terms (2021-2023, inclusive). ANCO especially salutes incumbents Tatini Datta, MD, and Joel Neal, MD, for their service to the ANCO Board of Directors upon their retirement from the Board.
UCSF CME Integrative Oncology: Approaches for Enhancing Patient-Centered Palliative and Supportive Care 2021 The course will review key evidence and focus on national practice guidelines in developing integrative treatment plans for cancer patients during active treatment and in post-treatment survivorship, including care for underserved populations. It is being held virtually January 28-30, 2021.
The 2021 Stanford Review of the 62nd Annual ASH Conference will highlight cutting-edge research and data on hematologic disorders presented at the webinar, as well as provide participants with updated treatment algorithms and strategies for optimizing the care of their patients. Saturday, February 13, 2021, 8:00 AM - 3:50 PM PST
21st Multidisciplinary Management of Cancers meeting to be held March 12-14, 2021. The 2021 program represents a collaborative effort of expert clinicians from the Stanford Cancer Institute, University of California, Davis, University of California, San Francisco, and the Association of Northern California Oncologists. The program will be held virtually.
Congratulations to David R. Gandara, MD, of University of California, Davis for receiving the ISLB Trajectory Achievement Award 2020.
NCCN News
NCCN has published updates to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Distress Management. These NCCN Guidelines® are currently available as Version 2.2021.
NCCN has updated the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™ to reflect recommendations within the following NCCN Guidelines:
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Version 1.2021
Thymomas and Thymic Carcinomas, Version 1.2021
NCCN has published updates to the following NCCN Guidelines with NCCN Evidence Blocks™:
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Version 2.2021
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 2.2021
Occult Primary, Version 1.2021
For the complete updated versions, please visit NCCN.org.
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Pfizer Oncology Breast Cancer Webinar Series, begins January 26, 2021 and runs through February 4.
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SeaGen cordially invites MOASC members to their upcoming ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) National Broadcast event. This broadcast will be an engaging event featuring the Chair, Scott Smith, MD, PhD, FACP, LUMC and Panelists: Elizabeth Brém, MD, UCI and Aaron Goodman, MD, UCSD, on Thursday, January 21, 2021, with 2 sessions. To register contact Stacey Dominguez at 310-560-1104 or email sdominguez@seagen.com.
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Incyte presents three live disease education webinars for patients diagnosed with a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), on January 20 & 28. Please share with your patients and peers.
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The Medical Oncology Association of Southern California (MOASC) is a leading oncology society that advances and protects the ability of cancer patients to obtain, and the ability of the oncology physicians to provide, optimal cancer care. The material contained in the California Oncology Weekly is intended as general information for MOASC members. Because diagnostic, treatment, contracting, coding, and billing decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, any such information contained in the California Oncology Weekly may not apply in any given situation. Members are encouraged to contact their own consultants or advisors to obtain specific advice on matters relating to contracting, coding, and billing. The information contained in California Oncology Weekly should not be used as a substitute for such advice. This publication provides a summary of regulations affecting oncology and its business practices. Reading this newsletter does not substitute for understanding regulations and verifying the validity of every claim. This information is time-sensitive and is subject to change. MOASC accepts no liability for any statements or articles herein. CPT codes are owned and trademarked by the American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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