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DISEASE/DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Cancer Patient Access to Care

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports access to oncology care determined by the patient and the physician, and be it further

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society opposes efforts by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina or other payors to limit access to community care for cancer patients, and be it further

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports only objective, evidence-based reasons for any change in reimbursement policies by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina or other payors.

(Report D-2010, adopted 10/24/2010) (reaffirmed, NCMS Policy Review 2015 Report, Item 40, adopted 10/24/2015)