New CMS Illness Navigation Codes: LinchPIN to Ensuring Better Access to Care?

JAMA Oncol. 2025 Mar 1;11(3):235-236. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.6270.

Authors

John E Dobbs¹, Samyukta Mullangi^{2

3}, S M Qasim Hussaini^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Tennessee Oncology, Nashville.
³ Thyme Care, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.

PMID: 39847360
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.6270

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint provides an overview of principal illness navigation codes as well as promises and pitfalls.