On November 2, 2019, the Lymphoma Research Foundation sent a letter to Donald Thompson, Director, Division of Acute Care at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requesting for MS-DRG reclassification for certain cases involving the use of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapies.
On July 10, the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) is participating in a day of action in support of the Clinical Treatment Act, a bill that would provide Medicaid coverage of the routine care costs of clinical trials participation. Here is…
Every year the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) are required to prepare for the President and the Congress its best professional judgment on the optimal funding needed to make the most rapid progress in the…
In the face of declining federal and institutional resources, the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s (LRF) commitment to supporting early career lymphoma researchers has become more critical than ever before. To explore this important topic, the Foundation convened a Biden Cancer Community…
The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) is proud to be a national thought leader in the area of public policy, advocating for polices and legislation that will improve the lives of people with lymphoma and CLL. The Foundation leads efforts to…
As part of the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s ongoing efforts in support of early career lymphoma researchers, the Foundation was proud to host a Biden Cancer Community Summit on September 21, 2018. The Summit, one of several held across the country…
Since 2011, the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) has been a pioneer in shedding a “light” on lymphoma during September, recognized each year by the United States Congress as national Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), with LRF’s trademarked Light it Red for…
This month, the Lymphoma Research Foundation endorsed the bipartisan Cancer Care Planning and Communications (CCPC) Act. Co-Sponsored by U.S. Congressmen Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX), the CCPC Act would establish a new Medicare service for cancer care planning. …
New York, NY (January 6, 2017) – The Lymphoma Research Foundation’s (LRF) CEO, Meghan Gutierrez, was honored to represent the lymphoma community at the White House, during the Cancer Moonshot Open Innovation meeting, to discuss reaching Cancer Moonshot goals. Cancer Moonshot began…
New York, NY (June 29, 2016) – The Lymphoma Research Foundation, the nation’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating lymphoma and serving those touched by the disease, hosted an online roundtable discussion of lymphoma patient advocates to discuss the national Cancer…
