When an employee is diagnosed with cancer, fast access to high-quality care can make all the difference. With Lantern, you can be confident your employees have expert guidance and accelerated access to top cancer centers—both locally and nationally—so they can start treatment without delays.  

“We pride ourselves in having a way to get patients to appointments as quickly as possible at high quality locations,” explained Nicki MacManus, SVP, Lantern. “Our accelerated access network is groups of providers or health systems where we can get patients to those appointments quickly, both nationally and in the community.” 

“We have a point person who is available to us as soon as we reach out,” she added. “They will get back to us within a day and we guarantee that we’ll get that patient into their first appointment within two weeks or less.” 

Persistence in Action 

Shannon Henry, RN, BSN, OCN, an Oncology Nurse Navigator with over 25 years of experience, recalls how one nurse’s persistence made a life-changing difference for a member diagnosed with kidney cancer. 

Originally, surgery was scheduled months out, but through daily calls and relentless follow-up, Lantern’s team was able to move the procedure up by a month—getting the patient the urgent care they needed, faster. 

“That persistence made all the difference,” Henry said.