Cost Communication and Financial Navigation in Cancer Patients (COSTCOM)

Inclusion Criteria

• •NON-PATIENTS PARTICIPANTS: Participant must speak English
• •NON-PATIENTS PARTICIPANTS: Participant must be employed at National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) site for at least six months
• •NON-PATIENTS PARTICIPANTS: Participant must be able to provide informed consent to participate in this study
• •NON-PATIENTS PARTICIPANTS: Participant must be one of the following:
• •* A study coordinator with a role involving use of CostCOM intervention price transparency and financial navigation platform
• •* A practice oncology provider (i.e., physician or mid-level), or
• •* A practice financial counselor, social workers, financial navigators, or pharmacist who have provided care or been in contact (in the last 3 months) to a patient who was assigned to the CostCOM arm, and who completed the at least 6 month study follow-up
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patient must be ≥ 18 years of age
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patient must be fluent in written and spoken English OR patient must be fluent in written and spoken Spanish
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patient must be within 120 days of a new diagnosis of any solid cancer of any stage at the time of Step 0
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patient must have had their first medical oncology visit at the time of Step 0
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patient must have initiated oral or intravenous (IV) cancer systemic therapy or have received a prescription order with stated intent to initiate within 30 days following Step 0 consent
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patients must not have indolent cancer undergoing observation alone (i.e., active surveillance)
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patients must not be receiving palliative or hospice care alone
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patient must not be undergoing curative surgery alone or radiation therapy alone. (Must be receiving systemic therapy), unless they are receiving systemic therapy
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patient must confirm that they intend to receive their care or monitoring at one of the participating NCORP practices
• •PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STEP 0 (OPEN SCREENING REGISTRATION): Patient must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.