News & Updates

The Lynx Group, a global strategic alliance of medical communications and education companies, and the official association management and marketing company of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), is pleased to announce important changes to the organization’s leadership, effective January 1, 2020. The changes include 1 major leadership shift and 2 appointments to senior roles.

Cranbury, NJ – In a joint letter the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center), the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Navigators (AONN+) and the National Navigation Roundtable (NNRT) commends the potential Oncology Care First (OCF) model, but shares concerns about its guidelines for patient navigation.

Tampa, FL (October 29, 2019) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $1.8 million to Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), the nation’s only nonprofit organization dedicated to men, women and families facing hereditary cancer. Together with Susan G. Komen® and the University of South Florida, FORCE will use this five-year grant to provide credible, evidence-based information and guidelines, links to clinical trials and supportive services for young women with breast cancer, their caregivers, community health workers, and health care providers.

AONN+ signs letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding changes to the Laboratory Date of Service Policy (DOS) impacting test results requirement.

AONN+ signs letter from the Cancer Leadership Council to address colorectal screening and cost-savings for patients.

Through a generous program, Airbnb and its hosts offer free lodging to patients needing medical stays in areas away from home.

A new initiative, with buy-in from the main oncology patient navigation groups and the American Cancer Society, points the way to standardization and promises to transform the field. See what this will mean for you.

When a lung cancer diagnosis is made, the first thing that nearly every individual and their loved ones want are answers. What do I do next? How do I tell my children? Will I live? Making sure that newly diagnosed patients get the answers and information they need in a timely and consistent manner is the goal of a new initiative being spearheaded by the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+).