BenefitsPRO Stresses the Importance of Cancer Care Navigation
The BenefitsPRO article, “Health Care Navigation’s Vital Role in Cancer Care,” stresses that, “As the cost and complexity of health care have increased for employers and their employees, expert personalized care navigation has gone from being a nice-to-have benefit to becoming a crucial factor for managing runaway costs and ensuring the best possible health outcomes.”
Cancer rates continue to rise in individuals under 50 years old while cancer treatment continues to get more complex. Even oncologists are having a hard time keeping up as treatments for cancer become highly specialized. This expertise gap can lead to “over–, under- and misutilization of care,” according to the BenefitsPRO article.
“As our knowledge of cancer advances at such an accelerated pace, there is a widening, nationwide expertise gap that is driving over-, under-, and misutilization of care. “
Now more than ever, cancer navigation solutions are ESSENTIAL not just for patients, but for employers as well. Employers should look for navigation solutions designed to diagnose and treat cancer early on and, with the expertise of a care coordinator, help connect patients to specialized treatments and resources that can benefit them.
So what is a care coordinator? BenefitsPRO describes care coordinators as, “…the patient’s personal guide to accessing a broad range of resources and expertise. Clinicians are fully embedded in the patient’s team, advising them on what to expect from side effects and helping them understand their benefits in the context of recommended treatments, among other things.”
“Employers and their advisors should look for navigation solutions designed to identify and intercept the cancer patient early on and, where merited, mobilize advanced cancer knowledge to reach those who need it most.”
Navvisa’s oncology nurses provide the clinical and psychosocial support that is necessary for patients, caregivers and survivors, with the resources they need, when they need them. We provide personalized, expert cancer support to patients, caregivers and survivors with our exclusive team of certified oncology nurses throughout the entire cancer journey. Our wrap-around care model includes doctor appointment readiness, attendance, and after visit review, which provides better understanding of their treatment for patients and real savings for employers through reduced time to treatment and ER visit reduction.
Navvisa agrees with BenefitsPRO, “Employers and their advisors can no longer afford to get by with limited one-size-fits-all care navigation.” Employers need solutions specifically designed for cancer care that can help close the widening expertise gap and get their employees the care they need, when and where they need it.
