Practice Story

Situation

Growing administrative burden trying to identify and maintain co-insurance and drug co-pay assistance opportunities for eligible patients

The US Oncology Network Approach

• Consolidated program management to centralized business office (CBO)
• Engaged The Network’s Patient Assistance Support (PAS) team to assist with pre-screening patients and processing applications with foundations

Result

• $2.3M in grants awarded to patients over two years and reduced on-site administrative tasks by 82%