NCCN Cancer Case Manager Education

Case managers already rely extensively upon the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™ and the NCCN Drugs and Biologics Compendium™ in evaluation of and advice about the care that patients receive. NCCN has developed a training program for payor case managers that conveys the latest information contained within the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology as well as other important and timely topics.

Educational Objectives
Following this program, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the overall status of oncology care today in the United States
• Explain oncology clinical trials
• Discuss and better use the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™
• Discuss and better use the NCCN Drugs and Biologics Compendium™
• Understand how to better communicate to patients with cancer
• Identify ways to address end-of-life issues to patients with cancer
• Identify emerging pharmaceutical issues in cancer care
• Discuss emerging technological issues in cancer care