Why Do Cost-of-Care Conversations Matter? Providers can get the answer to this question in a practice brief co-developed by Avalere with RWJF project grantees avale.re/2DMWTqG

High levels of unmet social support needs exist among older adults w/ cancer, particularly in informational & medical sub-domains. A proposition of new care models to address these issues: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… #GeriOnc Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc UAB Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship @UABCancerCenter

Our recent article in @CAonline highlighting the high level of unmet social support needs in #GeriOnc CARG Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc

Honored to have been part of this effort and to provide guidance on how to do #costofcare conversations for #Cancer patients ! RWJF UAB O'Neal Cancer Center @UABSOM UAB

Check out what we found abt #costofcare conversations from #Cancer survivors and staff at UAB O'Neal Cancer Center. RWJF @UABSOM UAB | Ann Intern Med | ACP | bit.ly/2VQuTMs

Removing #costsharing increased primary care #access & did not negatively affect total #costofcare. Patients experienced a lower total healthcare spending trend through decreases in medical #utilization, driven by less use of the ED. AJMC UM V-BID Center businesswire.com/news/home/2019…

NEW: On May 19, average out-of-pocket spending for people with employer coverage meets the average deductible. It’s what we call Deductible Relief Day. Since 2009, deductibles are 150% higher, and people cross this threshold two months later. bit.ly/2W7V7Kk

Rural hospitals are closing. This data is so important. #Cancer patients traveling longer distances are more likely to: -Face greater cost -Get admitted to ICU -Get care at sites w/o oncology care Great work Gabrielle @StephWheelerUNC Maria Pisu et al Journal of Clinical Oncology Duke Forge

Unreal!

not surprising but very important to show this

Time to pay attention to this Kaiser Family Foundation/LA Times Survey Of Adults With Employer-Sponsored Insurance - Section 2: Affordability of health care and insurance kff.org/867a0e8/

NEW! Revised definitions of #CancerSurvivor and #CancerSurvivorshipResearch announced by National Cancer Institute. Learn more on the redesigned NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship’s website! cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/ #cancersurvivorship

If you don't quite understand what horror the Trump administration inflicted today on transgender and non-binary people seeking medical care and why we're scared, let me tell you a quick story. [TW: transphobia, trans death] (thread)

This!

Retweet if you want Nancy Pelosi and @senatemajldr to impeach and remove Donald Trump so he cannot run in 2024

"On average, older adults on Medicare spent $5,801 out-of-pocket for health care in 2017 — 36% of the average annual Social Security benefit of $16,104"

Share your experience during the #COVID19 pandemic to inform #breastcancer #ClinicalTrials! Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium is looking for patients with early stage or #MetastaticBC to take an anonymous online survey. Survey link is: mrprcbcw.hosts.jhmi.edu/redcap/surveys…. Please share and spread the word. #BCSM

Lay Health Worker–Led Intervention May Improve Care for Low-Income and Minority Patients With Cancer - The ASCO Post ascopost.com/news/june-2021…

Today at 12 PM CDT The EMOT-ECON Seminar Series presents Matthew (Mateo) P. Banegas Join us his presentation “Screening and Addressing Social Needs within Oncology” #oncology #healthcare #costofcare #emotionalwellbeing #financialhardship Register here⬇️ uab.zoom.us/meeting/regist…