The following is a list of resources that we have devised to offer assistance and support to you along your journey. These website addresses include areas such as disability and Medicaid, transportation, assistance with medications, and links to other related resources. This information and an extensive list of other resources are available in written format at all of our locations, please ask the office for an ACC Resources 2008 booklet. For additional help or information, please contact your oncology social worker.

For assistance with questions about Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security Disability

http://www.medicare.gov/
http://www.medicarerights.org/
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid
http://www.ssa.gov/

To begin the application process for social security disability (SSDI), call 1 (800) 772-1213 between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, or you can go to their website to file your application online (www.ssa.gov). To begin the application process for Medicaid, contact your county Department of Family and Children Services for an application, http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov.

For assistance with insurance related issues or questions

Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Office, Division of Consumer Services
(404) 656-2070 or www.gainsurance.org

Patient Advocate Foundation
800-532-5274 or www.patientadvocate.org

For assistance with medications

For persons who do not have prescription drug coverage, please visit www.needymeds.com for a listing of generic and brand name drugs that are available through pharmaceutical patient assistance programs. This will provide an explanation of the application process and in most cases, you can download the application itself.  Fill out the application in full, except for the Physician Section, and take it to the prescribing doctor for submission to the drug company. Other similar websites include www.helpingpatients.org or www.rxhope.com or www.rxassist.org.

If you don’t qualify for the traditional Patient Assistance Programs, you may be able to qualify for a drug discount:

Rx Outreach - More than 125 different medications in over 45 different therapeutic categories totaling more than 312 medications. Offers 90-day supply for $20, $30 or $40 co-pay. Household income restrictions apply. For more information call: (800) 769-3880 or visit www.rxoutreach.com

Together Rx Access - Discount on select medications for persons who are without prescription drug coverage and meet income guidelines. For more information call: visit www.togetherrxaccess.com

Parnership for Prescription Assistance – The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them. For more information call: (888) 477-2669 or visit www.pparx.org/Intro.php.

For assistance with transportation to and from doctor’s appointments

For non-emergency medical transportation for Medicaid patients, please call Metrotrans/Southeastrans, Inc. at (770) 693-8401. They require at least 3 days notice for routine transportation needs.

American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery  (888) 227-6333      

ACS may assist with transportation to and from chemotherapy and radiation appointments, this program is based on volunteer driver’s availability.  For persons who have their own transportation to/from cancer related treatment, ACS may provide gas card assistance to help defray transportation expenses.

Transportation may be available through the county-based aging services programs, to find the number for your county, call Agewise Connection (404) 463-3333. Agewise Connection is a user-friendly telephone service offering consultation, assessment of client needs, referral services and useful information pertaining to aging services and programs.  Some of the most common services include: adult day care, financial assistance, care management, community care services, transportation services, home delivered meals (Meals on Wheels), in-home health / custodial care, and personal care homes and housing options.

For assistance with air transportation resources:

National Patient Travel Center
800-296-1217 or www.PatientTravel.org

AngelFlight Southeast
800-352-4256 or www.angelflightse.org
Requires 7 day notice

Mercy Medical
800-359-1711 or www.mercymedical.org

Corporate Angel Network
(914) 328-1313 or www.corpangelnetwork.org

Other related resources

American Institute of Cancer Research  

This organization has an online nutrition hotline that allows persons to e-mail a personal nutrition and diet question to a register dietitian. For more information: Call (800) 843-8114 or visit www.aicr.org

American Cancer Society

For more Information: call (800) 227-2345 or visit the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org and the Cancer Survivors Network at www.acscsn.org.

Asian and Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network

For more information: visit www.apiahf.com/devsearch/report.asp

Atlanta Legal Aid

Provides free civil legal services to low-income residents in the counties of Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett.help through their Cancer Legal Initiative.

For more information: call (404) 614-3969 or visit www.atlantalegalaid.org 

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

For more information: visit www.bcan.org

Brain Tumor Society

For more Information:  call (800) 770-8287 or visit www.tbts.org

Cancer and Careers

For more Information: visit www.cancerandcareers.org

CancerCare

For more Information: call (800) 813-4673 or visit www.cancercare.org

Cancer Hope Network

For more Information: call (877) 467-3638 or visit www.cancerhopenetwork.org

Cancer Legal Resource Center

For more Information: call (866) 843-2572

Colon Cancer Alliance

For more Information: visit www.ccalliance.org

Fertile Hope

For more Information: call (888) 994-4673 or visit www.fertilehope.org

Joe’s House

This website lists lodging resources that cater to cancer patients, their families, and caregivers.  Many of the lodging facilities offer online booking links, look for the online check mark next to the facility on the lodging query page.

For more Information: call (877) 563-7468 or visit www.joeshouse.org

Georgia Crisis & Access Line

Twenty-four hour crisis and suicide hotline, also serves as a Statewide single point of contact for accessing mental health, addiction, developmental and behavioral health crisis services throughout the State of Georgia.

For more information: call (800) 715-4225 or visit www.mygcal.com

Georgia Legal Services Program

Provides free legal services to low-income people in civil matters in the 154 Georgia counties outside the 5 county Atlanta metropolitan area. The mission of Georgia Legal Services is to work for equal access to justice under law to all people of Georgia.

For more information: call (770) 535-5717 or (800) 745-5717 or visit www.glsp.org

Georgia Senior Legal Helpline

The GSLH is a telephone service staffed by attorneys who take calls from older Georgians and their families.  Hotline attorneys give legal advice, brief service and referrals to other attorneys or services where necessary. The Hotline is free to Georgians 60 years and older.

For more information: call (888) 257-9519

International Myeloma Foundation

For more information: visit www.myeloma.org,  www.akca.us and www.nkca.org

Lance Armstrong Foundation

For more information: call (866) 235-7205 or visit www.livestrong.org

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

For more information: call (800) 399-7312 or visit www.lls.org

Living Beyond Breast Cancer

For more information: visit www.lbbc.org

Lung Cancer Alliance

For more information: visit www.lungcanceralliance.org

Lymphoma Research Foundation

For more information: call (800) 500-9976 or visit www.lymphoma.org

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

For more information: visit www.multiplemyeloma.org

National Bone Marrow Transplant Link

For more information: call (800) 546-5268 or visit www.nbmtlink.org/nbmt.asp

National Cancer Institute

For more information: call (800) 422-6237 or visit www.cancer.gov 

For clinical trials, you may search this database www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials

National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Survivorship

For more information: visit http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/ocs/index.html

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

For more information: visit http://nccam.nih.gov/

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

For more information: call (877) 622-7937 or visit www.canceradvocacy.org

National Family Caregiver Association

For more information: call (800) 896-3650 or visit www.nfcacares.org

National Lymphedema Network

For more information: visit www.lymphnet.org

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance

For more information: visit www.ovariancancer.org

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

For more information: visit www.pancanc.org

People Living with Cancer

For more information: visit www.plwc.org

Pregnant With Cancer

For more information: call (800) 743-4471 or visit www.pregnantwithcancer.org

Sarcoma Foundation of America

For more information: visit www.curesarcoma.org

Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer

For more information: visit www.spohnc.org

Testicular Cancer Resource Center

For more information: visit www.tcrc.acor.org

The Oral Cancer Foundation

For more information: visit www.oralcancerfoundation.org

The Skin Cancer Foundation

For more information: visit www.skincancer.org

Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.

For more information: visit www.thyca.org

The Wellness Community - Atlanta

For more information: call (404) 845-5640 or visit www.thewellnesscommunity-atlanta.org

Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults

For more information: visit www.ulmanfund.org

United Way

For more information: call (404) 614-1000 or visit www.unitedwayatlanta.org

US Too (Prostate Cancer)

For more information: call (800) 808-7866 or visit www.ustoo.org

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, Inc.

For more information: call (800) 221-2141 or visit www.y-me.org

 

A list of local face-to-face support groups may be found at: www.stjosephsatlanta.org/medical_services/cancer_survivors_network/about.html  click on “community cancer support groups”.