2019 Annual Meeting
The NNRT Annual Meeting is an important gathering of member organizations and individuals whose mission is dedicated to achieving health equity and access to quality care across the cancer continuum through effective patient navigation.
The year’s annual meeting themed “Sustaining Navigation in an Era of Value Driven Care” featured a new member orientation and networking reception and poster session, panel discussion of perspectives from navigators, presentations on the value and sustainability of patient navigation, and highlighted the accomplishments of our Task Groups.
November 18-19, 2019
Capital Hilton, Washington DC
Meeting Recap
| 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM | Registration & Networking Breakfast
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| 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM | General Session Welcome Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH, Chair, National Navigation Roundtable Andrea Dwyer, Vice Chair, National Navigation Roundtable
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| 8:10 AM – 8:40 AM | Survivor Testimonial: The Impact of Patient Navigation Adam Green, patient from George Washington Cancer Institute
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| 8:40 AM – 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks Rich Wender, MD, Chief Cancer Control Officer, American Cancer Society
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| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | 2018 Task Group Highlights Moderated by: Andrea Dwyer, Vice Chair, National Navigation Roundtable Evidenced Based Promising Practices: Beth Calhoun, PhD, MEd & Tricia Strusowski, MS, RN Policy: Karen Freund, MD, MPH, Katie Bathje, MA, LPCC & Elizabeth Rohan, PhD, MSW, LCSW Training & Certification: Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH & Patti Valverde, PhD, MPH
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| 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Break
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| 10:00 PM – 11:30 AM | The Current & Future Landscape of Patient Navigation: Where are the Opportunities for the NNRT? Moderated by: Lisa Kennedy Sheldon, PhD, APRN, AOCNP®, FAAN, Oncology Nursing Society Ron Kline, MD, FAAP, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Nina Miller, MSSW, OSW-C, Commission on Cancer Lisa Simms Booth, Biden Cancer Initiative
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| 11:45 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Keynote Address The Honorable Mark DeSaulnier |
| 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Addressing the Future Payment Models in Patient Navigation Moderated by: Karen Freund, MD, MPH, Chair, Policy Task Group Kim Bell, RN, MBA, Cleveland Clinic Michael Flicker, Minnesota Department of Health Ron Kline, MD, FAAP, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Heather Sheaffer, DSW’10, LCSW, Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine
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| 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM | Dialogue with the Roundtable Membership Moderated by: Ryan Soisson, Soisson & Associates
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| 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | Closing Remarks Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH, Chair, National Navigation Roundtable Andrea Dwyer, Vice Chair, National Navigation Roundtable
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What Others were Saying
Let the work begin! Task chairs lay foundation for work ahead #NNRT @AmericanCancer #cancer #patientnavigation pic.twitter.com/MMOdyVSk1k
— Tracy Battaglia (@TABattagliaMD) November 7, 2017
Harold P. Freeman, Founder of Patient Navigation Institute @PNI, talking about the importance of tailored navigation @AmericanCancer #healthequity #NNRT2018 pic.twitter.com/q13sDSeFod
— Paula Aspiazu (@PaulaAspiazu) November 29, 2018
So grateful to be part of the @NNRTnews meeting. It is always exciting to brainstorm about ways to move the field of #patientnavigation forward and great to see my fabulous #cancer patient navigation colleagues from across the country. @AmericanCancer
— Kristen Wells (@DrKristenWells) November 29, 2018
“Less than 70% of patients receive the screening they need. In lung cancer less than 10%! 14% of women needing a breast biopsy do not receive one!” Patients like Adam Green, ACS round table speaker deserves better coordination. @NNRTnews @SarahCannonDocs pic.twitter.com/tmwrHFihtH
— crystal dugger (@crystal_dugger) November 29, 2018