All the Latest FCDS News
JUNE 2025
I am pleased to announce that our very own Gary Levin received the most prestigious NAACCR award for his service to cancer surveillance: the Calum Muir Award. This award is bestowed upon those who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field. This year’s NAACCR meeting was held in Hartford, Connecticut, home of the first central cancer registry in the United States. This was a celebratory event as we recognized the 90th year of the Connecticut Central Cancer Registry.
JUNE 2025
We are pleased to announce that the FCDS 2022 Annual Report is now available and can be accessed through the Publications section of our website.
JUNE 2025
FCDS matched the 2023 In-Patient and Out-Patient Discharges reported the facilities’ Finance-Billing/Medical Records Department to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
All records with principal or secondary cancer diagnoses were linked to the FCDS database. A match was also completed of the Florida Vital Statistics Death Certificates for 2023. All non-matching records have been placed in your queue for review. The Consolidated Follow Back audit combines AHCA, Ambulatory Surgery Center (AMBI), and the Death Clearance follow-back process into a single follow-back queue.
The 2023 Consolidated Follow-Back records are available in IDEA for review.
JUNE 2025
The Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS) is scheduled to perform annual system maintenance and transition to the NAACCR Version 25 from June 30, 2025, until July 6, 2025. During this period, access to the IDEA system will be restricted to the FLccSC learning management system, with full access expected to resume on July 7, 2025. A new FCDS EDITS v25B metafile will be available for use, and the expiration date for Abstractor Codes set to expire during this week will be extended by 15 days. Users are encouraged to report any issues with the edits and to check IDEA regularly for updates.
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