Employee Spotlight: Martin Chavez
In this Employee Spotlight, meet Martin Chavez, the Senior Software Engineer of our Interoperability team. Martin works every day on workflows to increase the ease
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Digital Health Revolution
Navigating Cancer Team
March 10, 2020
As the science around cancer treatment rapidly expands, new digital tools are capturing more data than ever, and most cancer care providers are navigating the transition to value-based care, it was no surprise that this year’s ACCC 46th Annual Meeting & Cancer
Minnesota Oncology Launches Health Tracker Practice-Wide
Navigating Cancer Team
February 25, 2020
Minnesota Oncology recently announced the practice-wide implementation of Health Tracker, Navigating Cancer’s patient-reported outcomes program. Minnesota Oncology is leading the way in the state by extending the care they provide with remote monitoring for oral adherence and management of side effects. Paul
Congrats to Gena Cook and the other honorees at this year’s PSBJ Innovators of the Year
Navigating Cancer Team
February 14, 2020
The Puget Sound Business Journal honored its 2020 Innovators of the Year yesterday during an event at MoPOP at the base of the Space Needle in Seattle. Navigating Cancer President and Founder Gena Cook was featured during the evening as one of the
Tactics to reduce avoidable ED utilization and hospitalizations
Navigating Cancer Team
February 12, 2020
Recently Navigating Cancer hosted a webinar from the Advisory Board’s Oncology Roundtable titled, “Tactics to Reduce Avoidable ED and Hospital Use.” We were really excited to bring this presentation to our community – our patient relationship management digital platform enables quick symptom
Support for ePROs in Oncology Care First Model
Navigating Cancer Team
February 10, 2020
Earlier this month, Dr. Ethan Basch, Dr. Lalan Wilfong, and Dr. Deborah Schrag joined forces to publish an editorial for JAMA to express their support for the inclusion of electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) collection to the Oncology Care First (OCF) model set
Improving outcomes through patient engagement and PROs
Navigating Cancer Team
February 6, 2020
A patient-engaged approach to cancer care has been shown to improve outcomes and the entire patient experience. When patients can report their symptoms easily, those symptoms can be managed in a more timely fashion, reducing visits to emergency departments and improving medication
Connect with Navigating Cancer this spring!
Navigating Cancer Team
January 27, 2020
We are looking forward to a few upcoming events in the spring of 2020 and would love to connect with you if you will be there too! Let us know! ACCC 46th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit In March some
Navigating Cancer President and Founder Gena Cook recognized as one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s 12 Innovators of the Year
Navigating Cancer Team
January 20, 2020
The Puget Sound Business Journal announced its 2020 Innovators of the Year, and our President and Founder Gena Cook was highlighted as one of the Puget Sound region’s most creative and forward-thinking people. This is the fourth year the Business Journal has
Join us for a webinar hosted by Advisory Board’s Oncology Roundtable
Navigating Cancer Team
January 8, 2020
Strategies to Reduce Unnecessary Emergency Department Utilization Hear about what leading organizations are doing to increase patient access to care, educate patients about appropriate use of health services, and develop targeted programs for frequent users. In this webinar, you’ll learn: Current emergency
Year in Review: Navigating Cancer Leads Value-Based Cancer Care Innovation in 2019
Navigating Cancer Team
December 30, 2019
This has been a strong year for Navigating Cancer, as we remain the leading provider of patient relationship management software (PRM). We are pleased to continue our status as a frontrunner for oncology-focused technology development. In 2019, we expanded the mobile experience
The importance of personalized patient education in cancer care
Navigating Cancer Team
December 16, 2019
We have seen the pharma-provider relationship and healthcare landscape continue to evolve in recent years. As the rate of oncology drug approvals increases, both through additional indications and new treatment innovations, ensuring oncology physicians and patients have access to the right education
What you should know about the proposed Oncology Care First model
Navigating Cancer Team
December 12, 2019
On November 1, CMS released an informal Request for Information (RFI) for their proposed Oncology Care First model. This proposed model is designed to be a successor to the Oncology Care Model (OCM), which is ending in 2021. As the comment period
Need a flexible program to support cancer patients? Health Tracker might be the answer.
Navigating Cancer Team
December 10, 2019
Navigating Cancer is working on some exciting improvements to Health Tracker, our remote monitoring program that gives cancer care providers an easy way to check in with patients about medication adherence and side effects with a simple SMS text message. In working
2020 Medicare physician fee schedule changes and value-based care
Navigating Cancer Team
December 5, 2019
In early November 2019, CMS finalized their 2020 Medicare physician fee schedule rule. CMS has set in motion changes that will affect value-based care over the next several years. The final rule addresses future changes for MIPS, including the introduction of MIPS
Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cancer Care
Navigating Cancer Team
November 25, 2019
If you’ve been paying attention to trends in the discussions around value-based cancer care, you’ve probably been hearing a good bit about electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs). At the National Oncology Conference, Dr. Ethan Basch, a leading patient-reported outcomes researcher, was the recipient
Personalized Medicine and Value-Based Care
Navigating Cancer Team
November 19, 2019
How is personalized medicine impacting oncology? A panel at AJMC’s recent Patient-Centered Oncology Care Conference explored this topic. Payer, diagnostic, and advocacy representatives shared their perspectives in this discussion. What is personalized medicine? The panelists all agreed on a definition for personalized
Future of Oncology Advanced Payment Models
Navigating Cancer Team
November 14, 2019
The shift to value What’s next for oncology advanced payment models? That was the topic one panel tackled at AJMC’s recent Patient Centered Oncology Care Conference. The panel represented the provider, payer, and technology perspectives. There was agreement that the Oncology Care
Patient-Reported Outcomes and Value-Based Care
Navigating Cancer Team
November 12, 2019
Scientific research demonstrates that clinicians miss approximately half of patients’ symptoms during cancer treatment. As a result, patients can suffer due to poor symptom control, treatments may be delayed or missed, and preventable emergency room visits and hospitalizations occur. It is known
Keeping up with the rapidly changing landscape of cancer care
Navigating Cancer Team
November 11, 2019
The American Journal of Managed Care recently hosted the Patient-Centered Oncology Care Conference in Philadelphia. The theme of this meeting was “Innovation and Quality: New Direction in Value-Based Care” and it was comprised of a full day of presentations from thought leaders
Taking a Proactive Approach to Symptom Management
Navigating Cancer Team
November 4, 2019
Advisory Board recently hosted a webinar that reviewed models and technologies that cancer programs have implemented for remote symptom monitoring. The Oncology Roundtable team shared their research and made a compelling business case for introducing remote symptom monitoring in cancer care. The
2019 ACCC National Oncology Conference Roundup
Navigating Cancer Team
November 4, 2019
The ACCC 36th National Oncology Conference was attended by hundreds of cancer care professionals and thought leaders. Over three days, attendees and presenters shared insights, experiences, and strategies for improving cancer care. Navigating Cancer’s team spoke to attendees in the exhibit hall
Transformative Care Models
Navigating Cancer Team
November 3, 2019
This session during the recent ACCC National Oncology Conference featured a look at new care models and practice transformations that have been prompted by value-based care and posed several questions for the audience to start the session. About half reported their program
Dr. Ethan Basch Receives Clinical Research Award
Navigating Cancer Team
November 3, 2019
Dr. Basch was the recipient of the Clinical Research Award at ACCC’s National Oncology Conference in Orlando last week. This award recognizes individuals whose research has significantly and positively impacted the oncology patient. Dr. Basch has done this with his work with
Lessons Learned from the Oncology Care Model
Navigating Cancer Team
November 1, 2019
It probably comes as no surprise that the Oncology Care Model is still a hot topic among cancer care providers. This was underscored by the significant interest in a recent session at the ACCC National Oncology Conference in Orlando. The session prompted
Practice transformation in value-based cancer care
Navigating Cancer Team
October 30, 2019
At the 2019 Association for Value-Based Cancer Care Summit this year, we sat in on this great panel called “Practice Transformation Embracing Clinical Decision Support Systems and Care Management Processes and Influence on Value Based Cancer Care.” In this post we’ll provide
Community oncology perspectives on value-based cancer care
Navigating Cancer Team
October 24, 2019
At the 2019 Association for Value-Based Cancer Care Summit this year, we sat in on a great panel called “Community Oncology Perspectives on Value-based Cancer Care” that focused on community oncology practices. At Navigating Cancer we support community oncology practices across the
HHS announces proposed changes to laws to support value-based care
Navigating Cancer Team
October 10, 2019
This week the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed rules that would update and clarify regulations for the Stark Law and the anti-kickback statute. HHS has acknowledged the rules as they currently stand were developed in a fee-for-service healthcare
Connect with Navigating Cancer this fall!
Navigating Cancer Team
October 9, 2019
We are looking forward to a few upcoming events and would love to connect with you if you will be there too! Let us know! Association for Value-Based Cancer Care Summit Next week some of our team members are heading to the
Join us for a webinar presented by Advisory Board
Navigating Cancer Team
October 8, 2019
Improve cancer patient satisfaction and reduce costs with remote monitoring Thinking about exploring remote symptom monitoring for cancer patients at your organization? Join us for a special presentation from Advisory Board’s Oncology Roundtable on Tuesday, October 22nd from 3-4pm EST! This presentation
Improving Care with the Oncology Care Model
Navigating Cancer Team
October 4, 2019
A recent blog from the American Journal of Managed Care called “Lessons From the Field: How Practices Are Succeeding Under OCM,” recapped a discussion from NCCN’s policy summit with 2 organizations working to succeed in the Oncology Care Model (OCM). OCM practices
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