Continuing Education
Leveraging Your Toolbox: Strategies for Navigating 2026 Barriers – Accumulators, Maximizers & Alternate Funding Programs
Best Suited For: Pharmacist, Nurse, Pharmacy Technician, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant
CE Credits: 1.25 hours
Related Topics: Patient Assistance Programs
Activity Description
This activity will examine how accumulators, maximizers, and alternative funding programs are reshaping the financial landscape of oncology care and influencing patient affordability, access to therapy, and treatment continuity. Participants will review how these benefit design strategies function, why their use is expanding, and the operational and clinical coordination challenges they create within oncology practice workflows. Through workflow-based scenarios and interdisciplinary discussion, learners will identify early indicators of access barriers and explore practical strategies to support timely prior authorization, financial navigation, and continuity of care. This session is designed to strengthen the oncology multidisciplinary team’s ability to proactively address evolving 2026 access challenges within their respective practice settings.
CE Credit: 1.25 hour
Fee: This activity does not require payment to register.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how accumulators, maximizers, and alternative funding programs (AFPs) function as well as their impact on patient treatment access and affordability.
- Recognize early indicators of treatment access barriers within insurance benefit structures and coverage investigations.
- Explain workflow and communication strategies that may help minimize treatment delays associated with financial access challenges.
- Discuss practical support strategies and patient assistance resources used to help patients navigate accumulators, maximizers, and AFPs.
Obtaining CE Credit
To receive credit, you must and complete all the steps found in the “Complete Credit Requirements” link provided by the registration confirmation email from LecturePanda You may also use this page to obtain CE credit. After following the link on this page to in order to receive credit:
- Reviewing the course learning materials.
- Confirming information provided on registration.
- Watching the CE video (if it is an enduring or on-demand CE activity) to its entirety
- Submitting the CE Code (disclosed towards the end of all CE activities)
- Completing all listed evaluations and CE assessments.
Credit requirements must be completed before the date of the activity. Upon completion, eligible continuing education credit will be submitted to the appropriate accrediting body. Pharmacist and pharmacy technician credit will be reported to ACPE and reflected in your CPE Monitor profile within 24 hours. Reporting timelines for other healthcare professions may vary by accrediting body or state board.
CE information for nurses, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) can be found here.
