The new issue brief examines the financial impact of the 2016 reimbursement rate cuts for colonoscopies on practitioners and how this may impact the patient.
Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC), a not-for-profit advocacy organization would like to show its support in recognizing March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC) has released the twelfth issue brief in a series that underscores the importance of increasing U.S. colorectal cancer screening rates and highlights the obstacles and opportunities that influence efforts to achieve this goal. Issue brief #12, The Importance of Proper Colonoscopy Preparation, provides patients with an overview of what to expect from the colonoscopy preparation process and underscores the importance of following the steps to ensure the screening is as accurate as possible.
Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC) has released the eleventh issue brief in a series that underscores the importance of increasing U.S. colorectal cancer screening rates and highlights the obstacles and opportunities that influence efforts to achieve this goal. Issue brief #11, Making an Informed Choice: Colonoscopy Screening Locations Explained, provides guidance on how to best select the facility where a colonoscopy procedure should take place. The issue brief explores a number of factors including quality, cost and health status, along with other variables.
Not-for-profit advocacy organization Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC) is pleased to welcome CRH Medical to its membership. Founded in 2008, PCC’s mission is to educate the public and key stakeholders about the opportunities to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer through regular screening and care options for patients and clinicians. PCC strongly believes that a cancer prevented is better than a cancer cured, and the importance of prevention must not be underestimated. The organization, which is comprised of clinical thought leaders such as gastroenterologists, anesthesiologists and executive officers and founders of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, recognizes and supports colonoscopy as the Gold Standard colorectal cancer screening method.
Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC) announces the recipients of the 2015 PCC Champion Award for Colorectal Cancer Prevention, an honor the not-for-profit organization established in 2011 to recognize individuals, groups and companies that provide either exceptionally high standards of care or that most effectively advocate for the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer.
Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC) has released the tenth issue brief in a series that underscores the importance of increasing U.S. colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates and highlights the obstacles and opportunities that influence efforts to achieve this goal. Issue Brief #10, Young Adults Face Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer, discusses the recent rise in colorectal cancer diagnoses in young adults aged 25-40. Interestingly, the same research also indicted a decrease in CRC in adults aged 50 and older.
Not-for-profit advocacy organization Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC) is now seeking nominations for the fifth annual Champion Awards of Colorectal Cancer Prevention to recognize individuals, groups and companies that provide either exceptionally high standards of care or who most effectively advocate for the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer. Founded in 2008, PCC’s mission is to educate the public and key stakeholders about the opportunities to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer through regular screening and care options for patients and their clinicians.
Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC) has released the ninth issue brief in a series that underscores the importance of increasing U.S. colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, and highlights the obstacles and opportunities that influence efforts to achieve this goal. Issue Brief #9, Colorectal Cancer Screening: The Genetic Factor, discusses the positive impacts that genetic testing has on the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.
Preventing Colorectal Cancer (PCC) has released the eighth issue brief in a series that underscores the importance of increasing U.S. colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, and highlights the obstacles and opportunities that influence efforts to achieve this goal. Issue Brief #8, Drug Shortages Impact Colorectal Cancer, discusses the severe problems that drug shortages pose for health care professionals and the health care industry. Propofol, which is commonly used in colorectal cancer screenings, has been affected by drug shortages in the recent past.