Sharon Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, recently traveled to Philadelphia to represent AONN+ at the Access USA Conference, specifically for Patient Assistance & Access Programs. Here, she took part in the highly popular panel, “The Medicare Patient Experience: Affordability, Access, and the State of Healthcare Today,” which focused on financial burdens that patients with chronic illnesses face and why the work to improve access is far from finished.
“The session was standing room only and there was an overall consensus that patient navigation makes a difference in affordability and access, and that everyone needs one,” she shares.
Sharon was joined for this discussion by:
- Moderator: Amy Niles, Chief Mission Officer, PAN Foundation
- Dr. Alan Balch, CEO, Patient Advocate Foundation
- Michael Riotto, PAN Patient Advisory Council
- Kevin Aloysius, PharmD, Director, Pharmacy Operations, Legacy Community Health
