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AACI meetings bring together cancer center leadership with national cancer research and advocacy groups, industry, and government health agencies.

AACI meetings bring cancer centers together to discover solutions to common challenges. AACI also shares event announcements as a benefit to members.

This three-day meeting offers AACI members an opportunity to network with cancer center colleagues, national cancer research and advocacy groups, industry, and government health agencies to develop s…

The CRI annual meeting is designed to improve the clinical research process; understand the global impact of conducting clinical research in the United States, Canada, and abroad; discuss trends in c…

Acting as a network for research leaders, Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) promotes the efficient operation of clinical research facilities at AACI cancer centers.

AACI coordinates efforts among cancer centers to advocate for public policy that benefits patients and to educate legislators on the value of cancer research funding. 

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Save the date for the 17th Annual AACI CRI Meeting, June 23-25, 2025, at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL.

This is a bill to prove 5% real funding increases to National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Department of Defense (DoD) medical research, and Department of Veterans A…

A bill to address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improv…

This is legislation to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage under State plans under the Medicaid program for annual lung cancer screening with no cost sharing for individual…

This bill includes certain lymphedema compression treatment items as covered durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lymphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling that…

This bill, which requires state Medicaid programs to cover routine patient costs for items and services that are provided in connection with a qualifying clinical trial regarding cancer or other life…

This bill requires health plans that cover anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable cost sharing for patient-administered anticancer medications.

This bill waives Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure, was signed into law as a pr…

This bill requires a group health plan to establish an exception to medication step-therapy protocol in specified cases. A medication step-therapy protocol establishes a specific sequence in which pr…

This bill temporarily authorizes the interstate provision of mental health telehealth services during a declared national emergency.

The Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act would ensure prompt access to FDA-approved multi-cancer screening tests and fuel innovation in cancer screening. …

This bill would authorize appropriations for offsetting the costs related to reductions in research productivity resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

This bill is the Promoting Resources to Expand Vaccination, Education and New Treatments for HPV Cancers Act or the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act with the ultimate goal of preventing HPV-related cancers.

This bill expands Medicare coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity. Specifically, the bill allows coverage for therapy that is provided by (1) a physician who is not a primary care physi…

This bill provides for Medicare coverage of germline mutation testing for individuals with a personal or family history of a hereditary cancer gene mutation or suspected history of hereditary cancer,…

The main provisions of this bill are: 1) enabling more routine financial support from trial sponsors for patient non-medical costs associated with clinical trial participation, 2) clarifying sponsors…

Description for 117th Congress: To conduct or support cancer research, the bill would appropriate, for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, to the National Institutes of Health, out of amounts in …

The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act (H.R. 4189/S.2016) was initially introduced in 2016. Reintroduced in 2023, the comprehensive, bic…

On November 15, 2022, AACI's Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) hosted a moderated discussion with colleagues in medical, radiation, and surgical oncology about social media and how it c…

The webinar will provide a practical discussion of paths to developing a career in clinical investigation in cancer research. The panel includes physicians who have achieved success in launching clin…

Recommendations for Increasing Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials