Dr. Fredrick Smith of RCCA’s Chevy Chase, Maryland Division is the recipient of the LUNGevity 2020 Face of Hope Award. Dr. Smith received the award for his tireless work on behalf of people affected by lung cancer and the compassionate care he provides for his patients. In practice, he continues to pursue cutting-edge cancer care … Continued
Regional Cancer Care Associates’ (RCCA) very own Frederick P. Smith, MD, and his RCCA Lymphochase Team recently pedaled 17 miles to help raise much-needed funds for lymphoma cancer research and education. A participant in the 2020 Lymphoma Research Ride, held Oct. 4, Dr. Smith joined hundreds of lymphoma survivors, families, friends, physicians and other health … Continued
As Medicare implements a new cancer-care reimbursement model, it is essential that officials consider oncologists’ clinical and patient-advocacy insights, Regional Cancer Care Associates, LLC (RCCA) President and CEO Terrill Jordan, LLM, JD, said at a national conference. “You need to have the stakeholders in the room,” when developing the metrics that will shape the Centers … Continued
Chadwick Boseman’s death from colorectal cancer at age 43 highlights two troubling trends, RCCA oncologists say Last month’s tragic news that Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman had died from colorectal cancer (CRC) at age 43 underscores two troubling trends in the fight against the disease, say physicians with Regional Cancer Care Associates, LLC (RCCA), one … Continued
Press Releases
The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), the leading multimedia peer-reviewed journal dedicated to issues in managed care, will host the Patient-Centered Oncology Care® (PCOC) 2020 conference virtually on September 25. The program will be co-chaired by Joseph Alvarnas, M.D., editor-in-chief of AJMC®’s Evidence-Based Oncology™ and vice president of government affairs, senior medical director for … Continued
A new study shows that the benefits of receiving cancer care close to home extend beyond the obvious quality-of-life advantages to a reduced incidence of being hospitalized and lower costs paid by patients. The study, published in the August 1, 2019 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, examined how travel time affected healthcare costs … Continued
RCCA MSO LLC (“RCCA MSO”), the management services entity for Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC (“RCCA”) and RCCA MD LLC (“RCCA MD” and, together with RCCA MSO and RCCA, the “RCCA Group”) recently discovered an incident that may affect the security of personal information of certain current and former patients. We are taking this incident … Continued
Ann Walsh, Nurse at Regional Cancer Care Associates is being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ®. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The DAISY Award recipient is Ann Walsh. The nomination read as follows “Ann … Continued
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