Now that we have everyone on board with coding pTis in the clinical T category for AJCC 7th edition, 2018 comes in like a lion and brings along the AJCC 8th edition manual. Requirements are changing, rules are changing, coding is changing. We as CTR’s are expected to adapt to the new rules and implement these changes. The “In Situ Rule” is one big…
Consultant Spotlight: Jennifer Brown, CTR – Quality Control Manager
Jennifer Brown, CTR is a Quality Control Manager for the Registry Partners Oncology Division. Prior to joining Registry Partners, Jennifer served as a Cancer Registrar for Hospital Corporation of America where she performed various registry operations functions, coordinated monthly tumor conferences and quarterly Oncology committee meetings. Additionally, she served in a full time project CTR role for Registry Partners before her promotion to Quality Control…
Recap – National Cancer Registrars Association 44th Annual Conference
Recap – National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) 44th Annual Conference New Orleans, Louisiana Submitted by: Theresa Real, RHIT, CTR, Quality Control Manager and Courtney Jagneaux, RHIA, CTR, Project Manager – NCRA’s 44th Annual Educational Conference was held at the Sheraton Hotel New Orleans, LA from May 20-23, 2018 with 1,381 attendees. There were many excellent speakers and presentations with the focus primarily on the various…
June is National Men’s Health Month
Since its inception in 1994, the month of June represents National Men’s Health Month and the week leading up to Father’s Day has been devoted to National Men’s Health Week. According to the Men’s Health Month organization website, the reason men’s health week came to fruition was to raise awareness about common health problems in the male population but also to improve prevention and early…