NCRA is currently planning a CTR Exam Prep class for late summer. Please watch the NCRA web site for details. This is a class that has been offered for years,...
I have two open positions for cancer registrars in Southwest Michigan. If you are interested in knowing more about these positions, please email me at...
The Cancer Registrars Association of New England also puts on two four-day workshops per year, one in August and one in February, about a month before the...
Hello! It's that time again--I am searching for cancer registry professionals who would like to work from home on a contract basis. You'll need a high-speed...
We're ready to start abstracting our 2003 cases but FORDS is not -- as we understand it -- as updated or edited as it will be. Has anyone else started their...
I've been abstracting 2003 cases since January. The COC has posted a worksheet on their website that you can use to abstract the necessary data items, or you...
Texas Oncology, P.A./Oncology Network Consultants has an immediate opening for a Database Coordinator. This position will be located at the TOPA Corporate...
My hospital is in the beginning stages of participating in Clinical Trials. The cancer registry will be providing data management for the program until we are...
I just received my hard cover ICD-O as my soft bound one was falling apart. As much as I hate to have to rewrite all the corrections/changes, I will have to...
I was at a advanced training workshop for cancer registrars. At that meeting one of our instructors told that there are some registries out there, bill the...
Hi - At one time, I worked at a hospital where the cancer conferences made themselves pretty much self-supporting. This was ten years ago, so many, many...
I was at a advanced training workshop for cancer registrars, at that meeting one of our instructors said that some registries bill the insurance company for...
I may be repeating myself -- if so, please forgive me. Everything they tell you about your memory going as you get older appears to be true! At one time, I...
Regarding billing for the registry. My Director and I have been discussing this for weeks now. he brought to me the CPT coding manual yesterday. Codes 99361...
This is an interesting topic. I would like to know more if anyone else out there has any other insight. I spoke to my manager about it and she asked what...
Is anyone out there willing to share the studies that their registry has done in the past, or currently, to fulfill Standard number 8.8.3? Just looking for...
We have done CAP protocols (looking at path reports first, then implement CAP and re-look at path reports) NCCN guidelines (pick a site, get the guideline,...
We just went to an electronic medical record and we send all staging forms to physician's offices. Here's why; we use HBOC horizon patient folder and I was...