Join Us June 18 at NOON EST for a Lunch & Learn Covering Insurance and Financial Issues with Updates on Medicare

Welcome Summer!

We hope you are enjoying the last weeks of spring. It is finally starting to feel like summer in Michigan. We sure hope this summer brings long days, peace and relaxation to all.

We will be launching Season 17 of Marrow Masters in the next few weeks, focused on Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs). They are often caught in the middle - too old for some pediatric practices, but much younger than other cancer survivors in an adult clinic.

We’ll be talking with a variety of speakers this season who will share their best tips, tricks and ideas for this unique segment of the population. Our guests will offer grit, honest feedback, advice, hope, and so much more.

This season is sponsored by Incyte and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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Let us know what you want to learn more about this year through

our Lunch & Learn series.

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Lunch & Learn

with the LINK

A Telephone Support CALL IN Program for Patients,

Families/Caregivers/Loved Ones

Better Manage Your Finances, Avoid Financial Toxicity &

Updates to Medicare Changes Happening Now

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Noon to 1 pm EST

This month’s call-in program will feature Laura Beilke, Esq., a Staff Attorney for Triage Cancer, who will educate and empower listeners to better manage their finances and avoid the financial toxicity a cancer diagnosis can bring. Laura will share her expertise regarding medical bills and debt, paying for prescriptions, finding financial help, budgeting, and the Medicare changes happening now. JR and Deb Brandt of Bozeman, Montana, will also share their story and how they have advocated for themselves and continue to juggle it all post-transplant. Jennifer Gillette, our licensed staff social worker, will host this call. There will be plenty of time for live questions.

If you have any technical issues related to registering, please email peggyburkhard@nbmtlink.org or call (248) 770-5172. The call-in information is contained in the form you use to register. Note: YOU call in to participate. (We do not call you.) This program is recorded and transcribed and available on our website within one week after airing live. (www.nbmtlink.org)

This FREE program is intended to provide psychosocial and emotional support along with health information from national experts regarding critical topics surrounding cancer and treatments.

To ask a question during the Q & A portion of this program, once the operator says the lines have been opened, hit the star key on your phone and then the number 1. Please address yourself when asking a question in the best way to protect your identity if desired.

To register for free, click here:

We Thank Our Sponsors:

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Foundation, Incyte and Johnson & Johnson.

We also thank our Esteemed Link Partners, listed at the end of this newsletter.

Registration is Open:

Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

The National Bone Marrow Transplant Link (nbmtLINK), in collaboration with the Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation (BMCF) and the Meredith Cowden Foundation, will present a free online webinar on Wednesday, June 11th, from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST.

This event is part of BMCF’s educational webinar series, CancerBuddy Conversations, and will focus on chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease (cGVHD).

Dr. Andy Harris of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Meredith Cowden and Jennifer Gillette, LMSW will co present, covering new treatments, manifestations, how to monitor symptoms and more. This team will also share resources and there will be time for questions.

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We thank the following partners.

Link Partners include cancer centers and allied partners who annually support our mission of providing psychosocial support to patients, caregivers, their families and health care professionals dedicated to helping people navigate a bone marrow transplant. If you would like to learn more about the many benefits to being a Link Partner including access to a large allocation of books and signage throughout the year, please do not hesitate to contact Peggy, (248) 358-1886 or peggyburkhard@nbmtlink.org.

Platinum Level Link Partner

Blood Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital

Gold Level Link Partners

American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT)

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center

Blood Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital

Corewell Health

Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Incyte

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Moffitt Cancer Center