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Hear members of the Karmanos team explain the power of the Karmanos Advantage.

We are focused on one thing - to deliver the best care.

 

Michigan Community Outreach to Address Financial Toxicity (MI-COST) held its fifth seminar, "Discussing Cost Concerns with Health Care Providers". Topics included the importance of bringing up treatment costs with your doctor, cost concerns to discuss with your doctor and other clinicians who can provide support.

MI-COST is a newly established community-academic partnership funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. The goal is to develop educational resources to help people with cancer and their loved ones to manage the financial impact of cancer.

 

Michigan Community Outreach to Address Financial Toxicity (MI-COST) is presents its fourth seminar, "Understanding Disability Benefits for People with Cancer". Seminar topics include an overview of commonly offered disability programs, social security disability benefits, application processes, common obstacles and more.

MI-COST is a newly established community-academic partnership funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. The goal is to develop educational resources to help people with cancer and their loved ones to manage the financial impact of cancer.

 

In this talk, Radhika Gogoi, M.D., Ph.D., gynecologic oncologist, associate professor, Karmanos Cancer Institute, shares how to navigate the disease including signs, symptoms and treatments.

 

In this talk, Hayley S. Thompson, Ph.D. gives updates on Karmanos Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Health Equity and Community Engagement (OCHECE).

 

Michigan Community Outreach to Address Financial Toxicity (MI-COST) presents its third seminar, "Employee Benefits for People with Cancer: Knowing and Using Them". Seminar topics include an overview of common benefits offered by employers, working with your Human Resources department, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), sick leave, life insurance, and more. MI-COST is a newly established community-academic partnership funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. The goal is to develop educational resources to help people with cancer and their loved ones to manage the financial impact of cancer.

 

Book Focus: "Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of our Nation," written by Linda Villarosa.

The Health Equity Book Club's mission is to build awareness across the community and amongst health care professionals of issues related to and stemming from systematic racism in the health care system and society in the United States. By revealing the contributing factors and results of racism, Karmanos Cancer Institute, in partnership with McLaren Health Care and Wayne State University School of Medicine, seeks to highlight an important goal: to expose and better understand the impact of racism on the practice of medicine. We believe that open dialogue within our community of colleagues, patients and families will help to facilitate the goal of equal access and provision of culturally competent, quality care to all patients and their families regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.

 

Karmanos Cancer Institute's Michigan Cancer HealthLink is a statewide network created to build research capacity in diverse communities. HealthLink brings together community members and cancer researchers to develop research ideas as well as educational and service-based programs. Join us to learn more about HealthLink and the communities served by this work.

 

In this seminar, national and local cancer organization share information about resources for cancer. Topics include transportation and lodging resources, educational materials for cancer patients, families, and caregivers, social and emotional support resources, financial support for under and uninsured cancer patients, and more.

MI-COST is a community-academic partnership funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. The goal is to develop educational resources to help people with cancer and their loved ones to manage the financial impact of cancer.

 

In this seminar, an overview of the main types of health insurance, COBRA eligibility, insurance appeals, explanation of common insurance concepts such as co-pays, deductibles, co-insurance, and more are covered for people with cancer to better help with navigate insurance.

Michigan Community Outreach to Address Financial Toxicity (MI-COST) is a newly established community-academic partnership funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. The goal is to develop educational resources to help people with cancer and their loved ones to manage the financial impact of cancer.