Ep. 159 | Future of Healthcare with Moffitt Cancer Center Director of State Legislative Affairs Ellen Navarro Anderson

Moffitt is dedicated to one lifesaving mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. The Tampa-based facility is one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, a distinction that recognizes Moffitt’s scientific excellence, multidisciplinary research, and robust training and education. Moffitt’s expert nursing staff is recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center with Magnet® status, its highest distinction. With more than 7,800 team members, Moffitt has an economic impact in the state of $2.4 billion. 

 

Ellen Navarro Anderson, a proud Chilean American, has dedicated her career to health care advocacy, starting her legislative path as a health policy aide in the Florida House of Representatives and then the Florida Senate. She has served as Vice President of State Advocacy for the FHA (2012-15), spearheading hospital payment policy and lobbying to move from volume-based to value-based payment methodologies. In 2015, she was recruited to create and implement a government relations program for Community Health Systems' Florida hospitals and held the position of Director of Government Relations for the FL Division for five years. Currently, she serves as the Director of State Legislative Affairs for Moffitt Cancer Center. 

 

Listen to this episode to learn more about the importance of continuity of care, the growth and future of the medical industry in Florida, and the Pasco County Moffitt Expansion that is in progress. 

 

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