M D Anderson Services Corporation

MDASC PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES TO ELEVATE THE LEVEL OF CANCER CARE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SERVICES: MDASC IS A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT WAS ORGANIZED IN 1989 AS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO MDACC. MDACC IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED INSTITUTIONS DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO CANCER PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. MDASC SUPPORTS MDACC'S MISSION BY ACTING AS AN INSTRUMENT THROUGH WHICH MDACC DELIVERS PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE MDACC'S MISSION. MDASC'S LONGEST ESTABLISHED EXTRAMURAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE SERVICES AGREEMENTS, PURSUANT TO WHICH MDASC PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF CLINICAL SUPPORT SERVICES (INCLUDING MDACC'S CLINICAL GUIDELINES, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TREATMENT PLANNING METHODOLOGIES, ONCOLOGY QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND BEST PRACTICES PROGRAMS, PHYSICIAN EDUCATION, AND ONCOLOGY CONSULTATIONS) TO ADVANCE THE TREATMENT OF CANCER IN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OR INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS. PURSUANT TO THE SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR M. D. ANDERSON INTERNATIONAL ESPANA IN MADRID, SPAIN, MDASC SUPPORTS SPAIN'S FIRST MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FULL-SERVICE CANCER CENTER. THE SPAIN CANCER CENTER HAS PROVIDED A LEVEL OF SPECIALIZED ONCOLOGY CARE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE IN SPAIN. IN 2009, MDASC ALSO ENTERED INTO A SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY PURSUANT TO WHICH PATIENTS ARE NOW ABLE TO RECEIVE RADIATION TREATMENT FOR CANCER THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MDACC'S STANDARDS. THIS AGREEMENT WAS TERMINATED ON JULY 26, 2021. IN ADDITION TO THESE ACTIVITIES, MDASC ROUTINELY ASSISTS MDACC IN ITS DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO IMPLEMENT MDACC'S METHODOLOGIES FOR THE DELIVERY OF HIGH-QUALITY CANCER CARE IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS. FINALLY, MDASC PROVIDES MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE TO ITS RELATED NON-PROFIT EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, M. D. ANDERSON PHYSICIANS NETWORK AND MDACC. MDASC ALSO HOLDS AND ADMINISTERS A PERMANENT ENDOWMENT VALUED IN EXCESS OF $500 MILLION DOLLARS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF MDACC.THE CARING FUND BEGAN HELPING MDACC EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES RECOVER FROM DISASTERS BEGINNING WITH THE 2011 TEXAS WILDFIRES. THE CARING FUND POLICY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO PROVIDE (A) FINANICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIFIC QUALIFYING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AND (B) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WHO ARE CARRYING OUT ESSENTIAL DUTIES AS REQUIRED BY MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, SUCH AS COVID19, FOR COSTS RELATED TO COMING TO WORK SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, TEMPORARY HOUSING, AND CHILDCARE. OVERALL, THE FUND HAS AIDED MORE THAN 1,000 EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.IN FY21, THE FUND ISSUED 346 GRANTS TO 341 RECIPIENTS TOTALING $563,805.