At a Glance: The Five Pillars of the CEO Cancer Gold Standard™

Risk Reduction

#1 Tobacco Use

a. Establish and enforce tobacco-free workplace policies.
b. Provide coverage for, at either no cost or at a reasonable cost-sharing level, evidence-based tobacco-cessation treatments (counseling and all FDA-approved prescription and non-prescription medications).
c. Provide employer-sponsored tobacco-cessation programming.

#2 Nutrition

a. Sustain a culture values, supports and  promotes healthy food choices.
b. Provide access to healthy weight and/or nutrition programming.

#3 Physical Activity

a. Sustain a culture that values, supports and promotes physical activity.
b. Provide access to opportunities for physical activity.

Early Detection

#4 Prevention, Screening and Early Detection

a. Sustain a culture that values, supports and promotes the prevention, screening and early detection of cancer.
b. Ensure that health benefit plans cover, at either no cost or at a reasonable cost-sharing level, screening services for breast, colorectal and cervical cancer, and all FDA-approved vaccines for the prevention of cancer.

Quality Care

#5 Access to Quality Treatment and Clinical Trials

a. Ensure that health benefit plans provide access to cancer treatment at Commission on Cancer-accredited programs and/or National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers.
b. Provide education about cancer clinical trials.
c. Ensure that health benefit plans continue to provide coverage for the current standard of care when covered individuals are participating in cancer clinical trials.

GOLD STANDARD FOCUS

Read what a group of CEOs in Texas are saying about fighting cancer in the workplace. Executives from several of our Gold Standard accredited organizations, including Dell, Livestrong, CPRIT, Seton Family of Hospitals and the American Cancer Society’s High Plains Division participated in the discussion.
The Road to Wellville


Learn how CEOs are making a difference in the lives of their employees by implementing the CEO Cancer Gold Standard.  Listen to what employees are saying about the Gold Standard in Their Own Voices.


Brochure.pngLearn much more about the Gold Standard by reading The Evidence and The Benefits to Your Organization. 

Did You Know?

Cancers that can be prevented or detected earlier by screening account for at least half of all new cancer cases.