Policy Webinars & Videos

CSC began its 2023 Utilization Management virtual roundtable series on May 1, 2023, with a discussion of the impact of prior authorization and how to educate advocates about how to improve prior authorization. Our panel of experts addressed how prior authorization is a decision made by health insurers, not a provider or other medical professional, and how such protocols burden providers administratively and delay access to critical care for vulnerable patient populations.

On August 17, we held a virtual roundtable discussion of step therapy in which we convened patients, advocates, caregivers, providers, industry, payers, and other stakeholders for a discussion on the impact of step therapy. The discussion provided tools for those impacted by step therapy to help navigate their individual circumstances and share resources on how all stakeholders can advocate for meaningful reform.

CSC’s Cancer Policy Institute hosted a webinar focused on the roles of Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Laboratory Benefit Managers with guest speakers Adam Borden from the American Clinical Laboratory Association, Greg Gierer from Better Medicare Alliance, and Rachel Klein from The Aids Institute.

The Cancer Support Community hosted its 4th Annual Utilization Management (UM) Summit on December 1, 2022. This year’s Summit gathered patients, patient advocates, providers, industry, payers, and other stakeholders for a virtual summit. We were joined by Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D., between the two panels to discuss the Improving Senior’s Timely Access to Care Act. Panel one allowed us to look back at the evolution and advocacy efforts in high deductible health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and the use of QALYs in measuring value.

The Cancer Policy Institute hosted a webinar to address the use of high-deductible health plans and their implications on patients’ access and affordability to care with guest speakers:

• Kollet Koulianos, MBA, Vice President of Payer Relations, National Hemophilia Foundation
• Cynthia Cox, Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation
• Myra Simon, Principal, Avalere Health

The Cancer Support Community hosted it’s 3rd Annual Utilization Management (UM) Summit on November 16, 2021. This year’s Summit focused on health equity, and featured a keynote address by Dr. Karen Winkfield, Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, and remarks from Dr. Danielle Carnival with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The Summit also featured a focused panel discussion on how the use of UM tools like prior authorization and step therapy may exacerbate health inequities across the healthcare system with panelists:

Join us for a virtual meeting to raise awareness of the impact of cancer cachexia – a condition that causes weakness, muscle loss, and drastic unintentional weight loss leading up to a cancer diagnosis or during treatment. This meeting will inform the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the patient and caregiver perspective on living with cancer cachexia.

Join us to ask CSC experts questions about all the policies in the news. From Executive Orders to legislative proposals, they will break down what the new Biden-Harris Administration and Congress could mean for patients and caregivers.

Join CSC's Cancer Policy Institute to learn how you can use your personal story to effectively advocate and affect change. Our featured speaker, Heather Hall, is a national cancer advocate, speaker, and writer. A three-time cancer survivor, Heather is focused on living life to the fullest. Diagnosed with osteosarcoma at 21, melanoma at 27 and breast cancer at 43, she is committed to sharing her story to help others facing this disease and working to make a positive difference in the fight against cancer.