The role of the patient navigator continues to evolve in tandem with the healthcare landscape’s emphasis on patient-centered, efficient, coordinated care.
Following decades of research demonstrating the efficacy of patient navigation on clinical and patient-reported outcomes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that pays for patient navigation and navigation-related services effective January 1, 2024. Review a description of the codes, how to use them, who can perform services, and next steps for the field.
To broaden access to the specialized support and navigation that patients with primary brain tumors need, the Brain Tumor Network partnered with the American Cancer Society.
In honor of the great sacrifice of Veterans and first responders and in pursuit of improving awareness, health literacy, and availability of assistance programs, the NCCN hosted a patient advocacy summit on December 9, 2025, in the nation’s capital.
In honor of National Oncology Navigator Day, ACCC is pleased to share several initiatives from cancer programs across the country who are leveraging navigators in creative and successful ways.
ACCC is excited to share its new provider resources for TIL cell therapy, including a referral readiness checklist, patient pathway guide, and white paper with tangible steps for improving access.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, observed each year in October, recognizes the research, advocacy, and strength of patients that have led to treatment advances for the most common cancer diagnosis in women.
Recognizing the weight of the barriers to trial participation, Susan G. Komen partnered with breastcancertrials.org to develop a free clinical trials navigation e-course designed to help patient navigators better support individuals in accessing trials.
This machine learning algorithm runs nightly and is linked to a smart texting application that goes out to patients every morning for 7 days following chemotherapy, asking about symptoms like diarrhea, fever, nausea, vomiting, and pain.
A focused prehabilitation (prehab) program couples physical therapy with holistic care that includes nutritional support, stress reduction strategies, and nurse navigator intervention. Integrating prehabilitation can not only improve patient outcomes post-surgery, it can also decrease hospital length of stay.
When the COVID-19 public health emergency heightened, everyone’s priorities shifted and the Patient and Family Advisory Council moved to the virtual space.
