new approaches to managing metaSTATIC LUNG CANCER
A virtual pharma-sponsored presentation for the NC Oncology Navigators Association
NCONA presents New Approaches to Managing Metastatic Lung Cancer
NCONA has recognized a need to educate and keep members informed of newer medicines and newer approvals. Please join us as we launch our first virtual product theatre. Thank you Pfizer Oncology for giving us this opportunity. Register now – NCONA Symposium July 26th – Charting the Course: Navigating Cancer Treatments
The free virtual product theater will highlight the innovative nature of Lobrena (lorlatinib) in treating ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer that has metastasized and how it treats brain metastases effectively. It will include discussion on clinical trials that showed significant improvements in progression-free survival and tumor reduction. The virtual product theater will also discuss the importance of navigating new approaches to cancer care, which involves understanding and managing the potential side effects of advanced treatments like Lorbrena.
Live Webinar | June 14, 2024
Patient Navigation Rebooted: Reimbursement, Credentialing, and Implementation
Description
CMS has recently finalized codes that will reimburse for Principal Illness Navigation Services (PIN).
These codes describe services focused on removing barriers to care, including care coordination, health education, patient self-advocacy skills, and health system navigation, and facilitating access to community-based social services to address unmet social determinants of health, such as food and housing insecurity and transportation needs.
CMS will pay for certified or trained auxiliary personnel under the direction of the billing practitioner. This may be a patient navigator or certified peer specialist as part of the treatment plan for a serious, high-risk disease which is expected to last at least three months. Regarding certification, the American Cancer Society has recently launched a new patient navigator training program that addresses the potentially required credentialling for reimbursement. As a result, Cancer Centers across the country will be moving forward with determining how they will socialize their current programs to ensure they are in alignment for reimbursement.
Join us as we come together to look at opportunities to ensure all cancer patients have access to navigation services.
Oncology Conference Objectives
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Describe the current state and future directions of patient navigation programs at a local, state and national level
- Review how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Principal Inness Navigation reimbursement will impact patients navigating cancer and other high-risk serious illnesses
- Examine the new training requirements of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for “Principal Illness Navigation” reimbursement
- Explore opportunities for implementation within Cancer Centers and Institutions to improve cancer outcomes
Continuing Education Unit Details
4.0 Nursing Contact Hours
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
CEU: The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.40 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.
Contact Hours: MAHEC designates this live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 4.0 Contact Hours.
Participants must attend the entire activity to receive credit.
Who is the Oncology Navigator conference for?
Nurse practitioners, nurses, oncology nurse navigators, administrators, care coordinators, fellows, medical students, nursing students, patient navigators, community health workers, case managers, social workers, psychologists, patient advocates, community ambassadors, lay health advisors, community educators, peer support specialists, and lay volunteer patient navigators.
Planning Commitee
Steve Patierno, PhD
Deputy Director, Duke Cancer Institute
(Durham, NC)
Jean Sellers, MSN, RN
Executive Director, North Carolina Oncology
Navigator Association (Chapel Hill, NC)
Valarie Worthy, MSN, RN
Patient Navigator Manager, Duke Cancer Institute (Durham, NC)
Judy Koutlas, MS, RN, OCN
Senior Director, Navigation Operations, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute HCA Healthcare (Nashville, TN)
Jordan Kritz
Program Logistics Specialist MAHEC
(Asheville, NC)
Lourdes Lorenz-Miller, RN
Continuing Education Planner, MAHEC
(Asheville, NC)
Sarah Arthur, MBA
Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Manager, NCDHHS (Raleigh, NC)
Riguey King
Vice President, Community Impact Southeast Region, American Cancer Society (Henrico, VA)
Testimonials
What our Navigators say
NCONA is proud to assist patient navigators across the state. Their hard work and perseverance in facilitating access to cancer care improves patient outcomes. We value each navigator greatly, and are honored to receive feedback from their successes.
My favorite part of your conference is learning about the latest developments for caring for our cancer patients. I practice in a rural clinic in Western NC. Thank you for providing a virtual conference that allows me to stay up to date with treatments and practices.
I always leave the NCONA Conference with a renewed sense of why I do what I do. Your conference is therapy for me in many ways. Thank you.
My favorite part of your conference is learning about latest cancer resources. Not to mention, Dr. Paterno’s presentations. I always look forward to these conferences.
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