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GERMANTOWN, Md., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The HealthWell Foundation
®, an independent non-profit that provides a financial lifeline for inadequately insured Americans, has launched a new fund to provide copayment assistance for behavioral health treatments for frontline health care workers who have been impacted by the COVID-19 health crisis. Through the COVID-19 Frontline Health Care Workers Behavioral Health Fund, HealthWell will provide up to $2,000 in financial assistance for a 12-month grant period to eligible health care workers who have annual household incomes up to 500 percent of the federal poverty level.
The HealthWell Foundation recognizes the unmet needs of frontline health care workers during the public health crisis and the importance mental health has on their ability to cope with the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has imparted on the patients they serve.
Crystal Denlinger Named Chief Scientific Officer for National Comprehensive Cancer Network
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN
)-an alliance of leading cancer centers-today announced the appointment of
Crystal S. Denlinger, MD, FACP, to the newly-created role of Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer. In this position, Dr. Denlinger will help to steer strategic direction for the nonprofit as well as oversee the NCCN Oncology Research Program (ORP). Her duties will also involve providing input into NCCN s clinical information program, including the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines
), as well as various continuing education activities.
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Working on the frontlines has shown Montgomery Township firefighter Robert Roy what cancer can do to a person.
So when he was diagnosed with colon cancer in September 2019, he couldn t help but worry.
After months of chemotherapy and other drug treatments, along with a surgical procedure last March, he s cancer free (and now enrolled in a study due to a cancer mutation that puts him at risk for others).
Roy has returned to working 12-hour shifts as an EMS deputy chief, and as a part-time firefighter on the other days.
The dad of three was recently featured for his brave journey in an article by Fox Chase Cancer Center.