Colorectal Cancer Screening Best Practices Handbook for Health Plans – March 28, 2017
Colorectal Cancer Screening Best Practices Handbook for Health Plans – March 28, 2017
This webinar introduced the new NCCRT Colorectal Cancer Screening Best Practices Handbook for Health Plans. The purpose of this handbook is to provide health plans with advice on the design and delivery of effective colorectal cancer screening programs. The webinar provided participants with a guided tour of the best practices, case studies, and templates and tools found within the handbook, including a deeper dive into the exemplary practices for one of the profiled health plans.
Speakers:
- Tamara O’Shaughnessy, QNA Group
- Anshul Dixit, MD, MPH, MBA, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
“This was one of the best colorectal cancer presentations, and it also provided information we can readily utilize with our current health plans in support of the 80% by 2018 initiative.”
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