[Abstract e14010] An Optimal Care Coordination Model for Medicaid Patients with Lung Cancer: Lessons Learned from the Beta Testing Phase of a Multisite Initiative

Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2020 (#ASCO20) Virtual Scientific Program, May 29 to May 31, 2020.

Authors

Matthew Smeltzer, Leigh Boehmer, Amanda Kramar, Thomas Asfeldt, Nicholas Ryan Faris, Meredith Ray, Christopher S. Lathan, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon; University of Memphis, School of Public Health, Memphis, TN; Association of Community Cancer Centers, Rockville, MD; Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD; Baptist Cancer Center, Memphis, TN; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program, Memphis, TN

Background

Medicaid patients with lung cancer often have less favorable outcomes than non-Medicaid patients, which, given provision of care is typically comparable, may be due to socioeconomic disparities between these populations. In 2016, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) embarked on a 3-year initiative to develop and test the Optimal Care Coordination Model (OCCM) to improve care coordination for Medicaid patients with lung cancer. A framework of 13 independent care delivery areas, spanning access to care to survivorship and supportive care, aids cancer programs in identifying barriers to access and use of their care, with a focus on Medicaid patients, and therefore enables optimal care coordination.