Triage Cancer Educational Conference – Free

Triage Cancer offers a series of FREE educational conferences for individuals diagnosed with cancer, caregivers, advocates, and oncology healthcare professionals.* This event covers key information needed to help navigate practical issues, minimize the financial burden of a cancer diagnosis, and reduce stress. Join us for a day of FREE education, games, prizes, and more!

Triage Cancer Conferences include sessions on:

• Being an Empowered Patient and Advocate
  • How to Get More Involved in Cancer Community Advocacy Efforts
• Health Insurance: Understanding Your Options & Using Your Coverage
  • Health Insurance Terms You Need to Know
  • How to Choose Between Health Insurance Plans
  • Making the Most of Your Health Insurance Coverage
  • Health Consumer Protections
  • Government Health Care Programs (e.g., Medicare & Medicaid)
  • What to do When You Lose Coverage Through Your Employer (e.g., COBRA & Marketplace)
  • What to Do When an Insurance Company Says No
• Practical Tools for Managing Medical Bills, Your Financial Health, & Estate Documents
  • How to Rebuild Your Financial Health
  • Where to Access Financial Assistance
  • Thinking Creatively About Financial Resources
  • What Documents You Need
  • Financial Decisions to Protect Your Family
  • Making Sure Your Wishes are Honored
  • Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney for Financial Affairs
  • Advance Health Care Directives, POLST
• Employment Issues: Working Through Treatment and Taking Time Off
  • How to Get Help Working Through Treatment or Returning to Work
  • Employment Rights as a Caregiver
• Disability Insurance: Options, Applications, & Appeals
  • How to Take Time Off and Get Paid
  • How to Apply for Disability Insurance
  • What to Do When a Disability Insurance Company Says No

…and more! 

View the Virtual Conference agenda/speaker biographies.

Download the 2021 Triage Cancer Conferences flyer.