NCT05876325

Financial and Insurance Assistance- Oncology Financial and Legal Navigation Program

Leveraging Medical Legal Partnerships to Enhance Patient-Centered, Team-Based Cost Conversations With Pediatric Oncology Patients and Families

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: Jean Edward · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The overall objective of this study was to develop and evaluate FINassist (Financial and Insurance Navigation Assistance), a patient-centered, interdisciplinary team-based oncology financial and legal navigation program. The program leverages Medical Legal Partnerships to enhance cost of care conversations with pediatric oncology patients and caregivers. FINassist optimizes the team-based care model by integrating clinicians, social workers, financial navigators, and legal advocates who work in tandem to enhance cost of care conversations with patients and caregivers, identify and intervene on patient socio-legal needs, and advocate for system-level changes.

Conditions

• Financial Stress
• Pediatric Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	FINassist Patient	The FINassist intervention provides access to social, financial and legal services over the duration of 12 months or until issues are resolved
OTHER	FINassist Caregiver	The FINassist intervention provides access to social, financial and legal services over the duration of 12 months or until issues are resolved

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2022-09-01
• Completion: 2022-12-31
• First posted: 2023-05-25
• Last updated: 2024-07-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States