Here in DC for #ASTROAdvocacy Day! Joined ASTRO #radoncs to tell Congress:
1. #StopTheCuts to Medicare
2. #FixPriorAuth
3. Increase $$ for #cancer research NIH National Cancer Institute ARPA-H
NCCS - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship #CancerSurvivorship

Thanks, ASCO for naming me an Advocacy Champion for my continued commitment to advocating for issues affecting the #oncology community.

- #FixPriorAuth & protect pt access to care
- Ensure copay assistance counts towards pt out-of-pocket costs
- Support fed. cancer research

Excited to share that I will serve as the ASTRO government relations fellow for 2024!

Will aim to improve advocacy efforts and policy for:

- Prior auth/Insurance denials/P2P #fixpriorauth
- Bundled payment models #ROCR
- Supervision

Please comment/DM with other recs!

#FixPriorAuth
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith - did you ever receive the long overdue prior authorization report from HHS.gov and Secretary Xavier Becerra that you requested?
🙏🏻 for holding him accountable!
Family Heart Foundation just published another paper on this topic.
familyheart.org/research-pcsk9…
Seth J. Baum MD

I'm at the 2023 #ASCOAdvocacySummit advocating for:
•admin burden relief & prior auth reform #fixpriorauth •banning copay accumulator programs
•sustainable cancer research funding.
I'll explain why via these 3 pictures: (1/5)

#RadOnc patients face more #PriorAuth barriers than any other specialty. Become an advocate to #FixPriorAuth : ow.ly/WMuU50OsqyE NCCS - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship #ASTROAdvocacy #CancerSurvivorship

What a great day in D.C. advocating for #RadOnc and our patients! #ASTROAdvocacy Day asking for:

1️⃣ #FixPriorAuth
2️⃣ Improve access to care ⬅️ stabilize physician payments
3️⃣ Fund #CancerResearch

Thank you ASTRO for this opportunity through the EAGL grant! Vanderbilt Radiation Oncology

We’re preparing for tomorrow as we head to discuss #FixPriorAuth and #medicare reimbursement for #radonc with state congress men & women!

New friends, same patient-centered goals:

1️⃣ #StopTheCuts to Medicare
2️⃣ #FixPriorAuth
3️⃣ Increase $$ for #cancer research NIH National Cancer Institute ARPA-H

NCCS - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship #CancerSurvivorship #ASTROAdvocacy ASTRO #radonc Chelsea C Pinnix MD PhD Julianne Pollard-Larkin, PhD

I'm at the 2023 #ASCOAdvocacySummit advocating for:
1) admin burden relief & prior auth reform #fixpriorauth 2)banning copay accumulator programs 3) sustainable cancer research funding. Lynn Schuchter Julie Gralow Sumanta K. Pal, MD, FASCO Ishwaria Subbiah, MD MS FASCO Clifford Hudis ASCO Lori Pierce Heloisa Soares MD

#ASTROAdvocacy
1. #FixPriorAuth sign bipartisan letter Rep. Suzan DelBene Rep. Mike Kelly Ami Bera, M.D. Larry Bucshon, MD
2. Reform Medicare payments CMSGov
3. Increase research funding NIH National Cancer Institute ARPA-H
ASTRO NCCS - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
#CancerSurvivorship
Jennifer McClellan Tim Kaine Mark Warner

🎇Must watch:

Denying Your Medical Care is Big Business in America - ⁦The New York Times⁩

How health insurers weaponize prior authorization.

🎥 tinyurl.com/ctd7pe5c

#FixPriorAuth FixPriorAuth.org

#ASTROAdvocacy for #radonc & #cancer patients:
1. #FixPriorAuth by signing bipartisan letter Rep. Suzan DelBene Rep. Mike Kelly Ami Bera, M.D. Larry Bucshon, MD
2. Reform Medicare payments CMSGov
3. Increase research funding NIH National Cancer Institute ARPA-H
ASTRO NCCS - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship #CancerSurvivorship

Grateful for our work examining the success of peer-to-peer authorization strategies highlighting National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline-cited Level 1 evidence in reversing insurance denials for spine #SBRT being published in AJCO! #KillCancer #FixPriorAuth #SPORTSMEN
journals.lww.com/amjclinicalonc…

Excited to join other ASTRO #radonc to tell notrealJoni Ernst Tammy Baldwin Chuck Grassley Ron Johnson:
1️⃣ #StopTheCuts to Medicare
2️⃣ #FixPriorAuth
3️⃣ Increase $$ for #cancer research NIH National Cancer Institute ARPA-H
NCCS - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship #CancerSurvivorship #PatientCare #ASTROAdvocacy

Thank you ASTRO for the #EAGL award to be able to advocate for our patients & #radoncs to ask Congress to:

1️⃣ #StopTheCuts to Medicare
2⃣#FixPriorAuth
3⃣Increase $$ for #cancer research NIH National Cancer Institute ARPA-H (including #climatehealth & #equity research 🌱) #CancerAdvocacy

Thank you to Sen. Gary Smith and Katrina Jackson for helping Thomas Pressly and La State Med Society #fixpriorauth . HB 468 returns to the House for concurrence. #lalege AMA

Thank you Rep. Nancy Mace Jackson Pinckney and Libby (cute 🐶) for meeting with ASTRO, #radoncs to discuss:
1. #StopTheCuts to Medicare
2. #FixPriorAuth
3. Increase $$ for #cancer research NIH National Cancer Institute
Please come visit MUSC Hollings Cancer Center

Thank you, Sheldon Whitehouse & Ed Markey for supporting ASCO and our patients with cancer!

➡️ #FixPriorAuth & protect pt access to care
➡️ Ensure copay assistance counts towards out-of-pocket costs
➡️ Support federal funding for cancer research

#ASCOAdvocacySummit Aaron Segel

Well-spent day 🗣️advocating for our patients #ASCOAdvocacySummit ASCO

➡️Admin burden relief & prior authorization reform #FixPriorAuth ➡ Banning of copay accumulator programs
➡ Sustainable cancer research funding

Dr. Miriam Knoll Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD Ana I. Velázquez Mañana, MD MSc (she/her/ella) Amanda Nizam, MD