The inflating price tag of cancer care means that more patients are facing the difficult choice of paying for everyday needs or their cancer treatment. Matthew Banegas, PhD, MPH, MS, associate professor of radiation medicine and applied sciences at the University of California San Diego and a member of Moores Cancer Center’s Cancer Control Program, talks with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, about COVID-driven financial hardship and its implications for cancer care. Banegas presented about the topic at the 47th Annual ONS Congress in Anaheim, CA, on April 30, 2022; his session is linked in the episode notes. You can also earn free NCPD contact hours by completing the evaluation linked in the episode notes.   

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod  

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The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Episode Notes 

Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities.
• Learn more about Banegas’s ONS Congress session and watch it on demand from May 23–June 30, 2022.  
• Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes about financial hardship and cost of care 

• ONS Voice articles about financial hardship and advocacy 
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article about financial navigation 
• HealthCare.gov’s glossary of health insurance terminology 

To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities.  

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