Join Head and Neck Cancer Alliance and Cancer Support Community for a talk with a head and neck cancer survivor, social worker, and nurse practitioner about the mental health challenges for someone diagnosed with head and neck cancer.
We highlight events and personal experiences that contribute to mistrust of the medical community while learning about strategies, programs, and initiatives that individuals and institutions within our healthcare system have developed to earn trust within communities of color, promote the benefits of participating in cancer clinical trials, and achieving inclusive, quality cancer care for all. Our guests from the Black community are patient advocate Rev. Blane J. Newberry, hematologist Dr. Craig Cole, and radiation oncologist Dr. Karen Winkfield.
Amy Gibson, a cancer hair loss expert and founder of CreatedHair, demonstrates how to put on a wig by following a few simple tips. "People ask me all the time what is the proper way to put on a wig cap," Amy says. "There actually is the right way."
Learn what value is in the healthcare system and what value means to people impacted by cancer. It is of increasing interest to patients, doctors, insurance companies, elected officials, and other decision makers. Everyone is looking for ways to decrease healthcare costs and improve quality. Understand what it means among the many stakeholders in the healthcare system.
Ruby, your virtual community navigator, will help you understand value-based care, how health care “value” is defined, and the importance of including patient perspectives in the growth of value-based care.
Ruby, your virtual community navigator, will help you understand what prior authorization is, how it is used, and how to navigate through the prior authorization process if your health insurance requires it for your medication or procedure.
Have a concern of your own? Please call our Cancer Support Helpline to talk with an experienced counselor or navigator: 888-793-9355
Ruby, your virtual community navigator, will help you understand what step therapy is, how it is used when accessing medication, and how the Cancer Support Community (CSC) works to protect patients.
