Eleven Years of Thanks: PAF

In 2004, LIVESTRONG demonstrated its commitment to cancer survivors and their families by creating SurvivorCare, now known asLIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation, to help them with their practical, emotional and physical concerns. As we worked to understand what survivors needed the most, we learned that people really needed help with managing finances and understanding insurance. Our search for organizations that were experts in helping individuals navigate the financial aspects of the healthcare system led us to thePatient Advocate Foundation (PAF). PAF has helped people with chronic, life-threatening or debilitating illnesses solve their insurance, financial and job retention problems since 1996.As part of LIVESTRONG’s commitment to provide high quality person-centered care to people affected by cancer, we partnered with PAF in 2005 to offer personalized services to cancer survivors and loved ones.As with any successful relationship, our partnership with PAF has evolved over time to continuously include the best both our organizations have to offer. Services delivered through our partnership have ranged from providing financial and insurance assistance, to offering financial support  to prostate cancer survivors receiving radiation, to now implementing the full suite ofLIVESTRONG Navigation services.Over the last 11 years, PAF has demonstrated their commitment to LIVESTRONG’s mission to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. Our partnership has served more than 24,50...
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