Drugs
This cancer immunotherapy drug is known by the brand name “Keytruda”
What is pembrolizumab?
You contact this team to review for FDA/NCCN guidelines prior to sending an administrative clearance request.
Who are the Chemo Case Mangers?
This is the name of the manual specialists reference when questions arise
What is the chemo manual?
This is the mandatory vaccination required by MSKCC during the fall season
What is the flu vaccine?
These two specialists attended the Beyonce concert last year
Who is Mary Josey and Chantelle Magosha?
This non-chemotherapy restricted drug is frequently denied by insurers due to site-of-care restrictions that limit where patients can receive this treatment
What is IVIG?
This team assists with securing manufacturer assistance for a patient when all appeal options have been denied
Who is the Copay Assistance Program (CAP) team?
This term describes when a drug is requested to treat a condition it is not designated for and falls outside of FDA/NCCN guideline recommendations for use
What is non/non?
This treatment is used during chemotherapy to prevent or minimize hair loss by reducing blood flow to the hair follicles
What is Scalp Cooling?
This specialist collects Labubu dolls
Who is Dahiana Rodriguez?
These are the only two pegfilgrastim products carried at MSK
What is Fulphila and Udenyca?
This offshore team initiates cases from our non-restricted commercial WQ
Who is WNS?
This third-party billing contractor is used by some employer-based insurance plans to help secure funding from manufacturers and foundations when employers exclude certain specialty medications from coverage.
What is Payer Matrix?
When entering a medication assistance tracker, this is the number of drugs you should include per tracker
What is one?
This specialist showed his collection of collectable action figures at our last Show & Tell
Who is Cy Lambert?
This is MSK’s preferred product of Bendamustine
What is Apotex?
This is the person you should contact to obtain updated insurance information
Who is the Patient Financial Navigator?
This is the referral status and status reason used when a patient is admin cleared but the drug is still pending review.
What is Authorized + Medically Cleared (Auth Pending)?
This is the number of locations MSKCC has in New Jersey
What is three?
This specialist traveled to Puerto Rico and saw Bad Bunny live in concert
Who is Angel Almazan
This drug has standing administrative clearance for the treatment of Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS)
What is Tocilizumab?
This person serves as the Vice President of our Patient Financial Services team
Who is Robyn Walsh?
This is what NCCN stands for when we reference meeting NCCN guidelines to request an administrative clearance
What is the National Comprehensive Cancer Network?
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was founded in this year
What is 1884?
This specialist has never tried coffee, hot or iced.
Who is Ayanna Charles?