March 20, 2026 • 14 mins
Guests Lana Uhrig and Natalie Ciulla share details about "Wine, Women & Shoes", a benefit for the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation.
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Wine, Women & Shoes benefiting Cincinnati Cancer Foundation.
May 7, 2026
6-10pm
Cincinnati Union Terminal
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This week on iHeart SINSI, we provide free second opinions
for people who have had a cancer diagnosis.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
The scariest word many people here from a doctor is cancer.
Here in the tri State of local nonprofit is working
to change that. Cincinnati Cancer Foundation funds research, shares the
latest advances in cancer care, and offers patients a free
second opinion program with an expert medical team and wrap
around services. My guests today are Laura Yurig and Natalie Chula,
(00:30):
who will talk about the Foundation's mission to reduce cancer
related suffering and save lives and later.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
The brain same thing.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
If it's not getting that simulation it needs so if
there's something impeding sound from getting from the ear up
to the brain, the brain atrophies or shrinks.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health
conditions in the US, affecting about fifteen percent of Americans.
Untreated hearing losses linked to cognitive decline, dementia, depressions, socializolation,
and even falls. Treatment can make a big difference, and
today we'll talk about how to recognize the signs and
why early testing matters. My guests are doctor Stephanie Grace
(01:10):
and audiologist with Phonak and doctor Jennifer Cadafies, owner of
APEX Hearing Group. Now on iHeart Cincy with Sandy Collins.
Today we'll bringing back the amazing Cincinnati Cancer Foundation. Laura
(01:31):
Yurig and Natalie Chula. They're here to share the services
that they provide from the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation absolutely free
for cancer patients. Welcome back to the show. Glad you're
here to talk about the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation and you've
brought your new pal here with you, Natalie Julia. Let's
talk about you, Lana and talk about Natalie and what
(01:53):
y'all are doing for the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation in twenty
twenty six.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Well, thanks so much, Sandy. It's just a pleasure to
be back with you again today. We had such fun
last time. My name is Leana Uring. I'm executive director
for the Sincinnti Cancer Foundation that supports the Cincinnati Cancer Advisors.
And for those of you who don't know what we do,
we provide free second opinions for people who have had
a cancer diagnosis. And so that time right after a
diagnosis is very very chaotic, and sometimes you're not sure
(02:21):
am I doing the right thing and am I seeing
the right physician, Am I on the right treatment plan?
And do I need to leave town or can I
stay in town? So what we do is just try
to take all of that chaos out of those decisions.
And we see patients in our office on the Montgomery Road,
right by the lateral four eight to five Montgomery Road,
and patients can call and make an appointment or they
(02:43):
can be referred by their physician. We take appointments either way.
We collect your medical records and we do a thorough
review with our expert medical oncologists who are subspecialized in
your area of cancer, and through that we have you
come in. We go through a one or two our
appointment where you just get to speak to a physician
(03:05):
for almost an endless amount of time about your diagnosis,
all the concerns and questions you have. They review your
treatment plan and make sure that you're on the right plan.
They speak to your physician. We don't treat, so we
never try to compete. As my little slogan, we don't treat,
so we don't compete, So we help patients make sure
(03:28):
that they're on the right treatment plan. And our slogan
is great care begins with a great plan because sometimes
you only get one shot to get this right, and
we want to make sure that everybody has the best
odds possible to make sure they're on the right treatment plan.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Now, if you just heard her say that there was
no cost, you weren't hallucinating. She's talking about if you
have a cancer diagnosis or someone that you know and
you want a second opinion, that's what they do at
no charge. And of course it's costs a lot of
money to do that, so you got to do some fundraising,
and we understand that we're going to talk about that
today and a great opportunity. It looks like so much fun.
(04:03):
But first let's meet Natalie either.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Thank you so much. So I'm Natalie Tula. I happen
to be a cancer survivor and so it's really important
for me to work on something that's close to my heart.
And I think that you know, when I was diagnosed
with cancer, I didn't work at this particular organization, but
I didn't have the opportunity to get a second opinion.
That would not have been something that I could have afforded.
So it's a really great opportunity to have this for
Cincinnatians and folks that are in our general region to
be able to receive a no cost second opinion right
(04:26):
here at home.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
When you're working for the foundation, are you actually able
to interact with patients that come through once in a
while or do you get to know anybody, because that
must just be Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
It's like an event and different things as well. As
we often ask patients if they would like to give
a testimonial, and that's where Natalie really gets an opportunity
to talk with them.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Yeah, just yesterday, I spoke to someone who had an
experience where she was diagnosed with a particular type of
cancer and as a result of having a second opinion
with one of our physicians, she was able to not
have a particular surgery and move forward with a different plan.
She was still on the right plan, but just adjusting
that to make sure she had the highest quality of life.
She wasn't going through any unnecessary treatments. And then we
provide that in the round service where we're falling up
(05:08):
with their treating physicians to really make sure that we're
elevating all ships. We don't, Aslana said, we don't compete.
We try to educate.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
If folks want to go to Cincinnati Cancer Foundation right
now and get started with a second opinion referral. Let's
talk about that first.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, absolutely, So they can either call our main number
or they can go to our website www dot Cincinnati
Cancer Advisors dot org and they can do an online form.
Sometimes patients will prefer to have their physician make their referral,
which is about fifty percent of the time we have
a physician referral. Fifty percent of the time a patient
(05:43):
does a self refer So we take all comers in
any way. The only thing we ask is that you
have had a cancer diagnosis to what you said earlier.
Sometimes it's not that you're going to even have a
treatment plan change. You just want to know am I
on the right treatment plan? And just that reassurance and
confidence that now I'm going into my treatment, I know
I've given myself the very best odds. I'm doing the
(06:05):
right thing, and people always do better when you go
into something with optimism and feeling like you're doing the
right thing.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
The fundraiser that's coming up is the opportunity for the community,
the business community, the wealthy people here in this town,
which there are a lot. Let's talk about this total
girly event. I'm just saying. This is called Wine Women
and Shoes.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Yeah, and so this is something we have done before.
Wine Women in Shoes is something that many people have
heard about across the country, and we franchise the Wine
Women in Shoes name and brand, and it supports specifically
directly the Cincinnati Cancer Advisors work that we do. And
(06:48):
so it's a really fun event. And it's going to
be held at Union Terminal this year on Thursday, May seventh.
We're taking over the whole place. It's going to be
so fun. We're going to have like a red carpet arrival,
some paparazzi out there to do some interviews as people
in heer. We're gonna have some really fun marketplace things
(07:09):
to buy things that help support our cause. But it
is going to be a very elegant and elevated event.
It's going to be loosely themed on the Great gas
By nineteen twenties Prohibition, so you know, people can dress
in period if they want, they don't have to, but
black and gold is kind of the theme color. We're
gonna have a cool activation called Keys to the Vault
(07:30):
and ladies will for one hundred dollars buy a key
for a chance to win everything in the vault. Our
presenting sponsor this year is Union Savings Bank and Guardian Bank,
and so we really took that theme of the bank
and it's going to be this activation where there'll be
over twenty thousand dollars worth of things in this vault
(07:52):
and you can buy a chance to have that and
there'll be one winner who takes it all. So it'll
be super fun. And then the program. Our MC for
the night is mo Edgar, so we are planning to
have a ball with him.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Mo Edgar is one of our iHeart colleagues who does
sports on ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
He is going to be so fun and I think
he doesn't know what to think of us, you know,
but he's going to, I think, really elevate the event.
We have a wonderful auctioneer. The program will consist of
a live auction, a mission moment, paddle rays, and then
we culminate with a beautiful fashion show put on by
(08:32):
DAP from the University of Cincinnati. So the students there
who will be putting on the fashion show, so we're
super excited about that too.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
And these students. Just if my memory serves the design clothing.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Never before seen pieces, every single piece will be right.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
And Natalie is actually a DAP graduate if you see,
so she's one of the elite. Laura Wilson is kind
of the person charing it and organizing everything from the university,
so's she's we should have have her come on at
some point with us and talk about it more.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Come on in.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
That'd be just really We're just going to say. One
thing Lanna mentioned is that it's prohibition style, and so
we've got a little really great opportunities for businesses to
elevate their brand and do specific fun things that are
centered around Cincinnati's culture and history. So we have like
a speakeasy lounge that folks can partner with us on.
So if there are any businesses out there that have an
interest in that, it's a really fun and different way
to partner with us and elevate all the things you're
(09:25):
doing in the community as well.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Do you have like more than one availability for bars
or bourbon makers or breweries. Do you have multiples for
that or is there like an exclusive.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
We can make just about anything work for someone who
wants to be a sponsor, so we haven't. We have
a sponsor packet online on our website. It's Winewomen and
Shoes dot com, Forward Slash Cincinnati. Make sure to put
the forward slash Cincinnati and there are sponsorships there. But
Natalie can speak to this. But we can really customize
and make it very special for any company.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
We left a lot of freedom to do that. We
have a VIP area, so there's different sponsors that are
engaged in that particular section. We have all different types
of things throughout the event. I mentioned some of our activations,
but we also have a photo booth. We have a
legacy wall where we can commemorate a company if they
choose to do that. We have parts of the program
where we can recognize them, parts of the table scape.
So there's a lot of different opportunities and we definitely
(10:17):
left a lot of room for customizers.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
And all that money goes to your mission one hundred percent.
It's not like we take off five percent to pay
for this. It's all there. And all that money again
goes to second opinions with cancer experts for folks that
are diagnosed with cancer or a new cancer treatment program
who want a second opinion at no cost. It just
still blows my mind that that's available, because you know,
(10:41):
people have cancer in their families. Some people have already
passed and they're thinking, man, I wish we would have
had that. Some people are going through it right now
whom we're trying to meet reach, and then in the future,
how do people tuck this away in their head?
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Not everybody needs a second opinion right now, but I
can't think of very many conversations that I have across
the community, and especially it is probably because what I do,
but that you don't end up having a conversation about
somebody that has a friend, a relative, a mother, a
brother or sister who has cancer and they're going through that.
And so I think if you yourself don't have cancer,
(11:16):
I think just tuck this service away in your mind
that whenever you're talking to someone who's going through that,
to say, hey, you know, I know about this organization
that does this free service and it really might be
a benefit to you. So it's a way for people
to just spread word of mouth that doesn't cost anything,
to give somebody ad a good suggestion. And some of
the things that we also offer besides free second opinions
(11:38):
are free genetic testing and counseling, which is something that
sometimes people need with their cancer diagnosis, and free financial
navigation and support. One of the number one causes of
bankruptcy in the United States, sandy is a cancer diagnosis
in healthcare issues, and I think us being able to
provide that service to patients. We are not giving money
(12:00):
to them, but we have a financial navigation program that
they can be case managed and they help them with
all the fut the bills, everything like there might be
eligible for copay assistance. On average, the people who use
that service, it helps them between ten and thirteen thousand dollars.
(12:21):
So that's a service that we're able to give to
our patients that if they need it, they can use it.
And that is also the beauty of our model is
that it's free to everyone. It doesn't matter what your
income level is, it's free to everyone. We don't take
insurance cards that I've been in healthcare for almost thirty
three years now, and this is the first job that
(12:42):
I've been in where I don't even have to think
about insurance and denials and copays, and oftentimes that is
what our patients are thinking about because that's what they're
getting in the mail, but our financial navigation program can
really help them work through a lot of that.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Do they have to go through the medical part of
it too, or can they just use the financial.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
They do have to establish with us medically, because otherwise
we would not be able to, you know, kind of
make the referral and know what's going on to help them.
So we do ask that they are established with us.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Easy to do.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
I'm sure, yeah, got that information, Natalie, anything else you
want to say before we wrap up.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Here, No, I just wanted to add that Landa talked
about this being a no cost service, and I think
the premise that doctor bear At, our founder, started off
with is that you know, it's an honest broker, so
we don't have any skin in the game other than
to make sure you have the best possible care plan
going forward. If you're interested in learning more about our event,
you can go to Winewomenandshoes dot com, Forward Slash Cincinnati
(13:38):
and that's all spelled out. We would love to have you.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
That's Natalie cheul Up and Lana Yurig from the Cincinnati
Cancer Foundation. Thanks for coming in. Good luck with the
sponsorships and with the event. Coming up this spring. It's
gonna be fun at the Union Terminal.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
It is, and thank you so much Sandy for having
us on today. We always appreciate your support.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Coming up, we're going to explore one of the most
common chronic health conditions in the US and tell you
how you can treat it to ward off depression, cognitive decline,
and even dementia. This is iHeart Cincy.
This week on iHeart SINSI, we provide free second opinions
for people who have had a cancer diagnosis.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
The scariest word many people here from a doctor is cancer.
Here in the tri State of local nonprofit is working
to change that. Cincinnati Cancer Foundation funds research, shares the
latest advances in cancer care, and offers patients a free
second opinion program with an expert medical team and wrap
around services. My guests today are Laura Yurig and Natalie Chula,
(00:30):
who will talk about the Foundation's mission to reduce cancer
related suffering and save lives and later.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
The brain same thing.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
If it's not getting that simulation it needs so if
there's something impeding sound from getting from the ear up
to the brain, the brain atrophies or shrinks.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health
conditions in the US, affecting about fifteen percent of Americans.
Untreated hearing losses linked to cognitive decline, dementia, depressions, socializolation,
and even falls. Treatment can make a big difference, and
today we'll talk about how to recognize the signs and
why early testing matters. My guests are doctor Stephanie Grace
(01:10):
and audiologist with Phonak and doctor Jennifer Cadafies, owner of
APEX Hearing Group. Now on iHeart Cincy with Sandy Collins.
Today we'll bringing back the amazing Cincinnati Cancer Foundation. Laura
(01:31):
Yurig and Natalie Chula. They're here to share the services
that they provide from the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation absolutely free
for cancer patients. Welcome back to the show. Glad you're
here to talk about the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation and you've
brought your new pal here with you, Natalie Julia. Let's
talk about you, Lana and talk about Natalie and what
(01:53):
y'all are doing for the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation in twenty
twenty six.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Well, thanks so much, Sandy. It's just a pleasure to
be back with you again today. We had such fun
last time. My name is Leana Uring. I'm executive director
for the Sincinnti Cancer Foundation that supports the Cincinnati Cancer Advisors.
And for those of you who don't know what we do,
we provide free second opinions for people who have had
a cancer diagnosis. And so that time right after a
diagnosis is very very chaotic, and sometimes you're not sure
(02:21):
am I doing the right thing and am I seeing
the right physician, Am I on the right treatment plan?
And do I need to leave town or can I
stay in town? So what we do is just try
to take all of that chaos out of those decisions.
And we see patients in our office on the Montgomery Road,
right by the lateral four eight to five Montgomery Road,
and patients can call and make an appointment or they
(02:43):
can be referred by their physician. We take appointments either way.
We collect your medical records and we do a thorough
review with our expert medical oncologists who are subspecialized in
your area of cancer, and through that we have you
come in. We go through a one or two our
appointment where you just get to speak to a physician
(03:05):
for almost an endless amount of time about your diagnosis,
all the concerns and questions you have. They review your
treatment plan and make sure that you're on the right plan.
They speak to your physician. We don't treat, so we
never try to compete. As my little slogan, we don't treat,
so we don't compete, So we help patients make sure
(03:28):
that they're on the right treatment plan. And our slogan
is great care begins with a great plan because sometimes
you only get one shot to get this right, and
we want to make sure that everybody has the best
odds possible to make sure they're on the right treatment plan.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Now, if you just heard her say that there was
no cost, you weren't hallucinating. She's talking about if you
have a cancer diagnosis or someone that you know and
you want a second opinion, that's what they do at
no charge. And of course it's costs a lot of
money to do that, so you got to do some fundraising,
and we understand that we're going to talk about that
today and a great opportunity. It looks like so much fun.
(04:03):
But first let's meet Natalie either.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Thank you so much. So I'm Natalie Tula. I happen
to be a cancer survivor and so it's really important
for me to work on something that's close to my heart.
And I think that you know, when I was diagnosed
with cancer, I didn't work at this particular organization, but
I didn't have the opportunity to get a second opinion.
That would not have been something that I could have afforded.
So it's a really great opportunity to have this for
Cincinnatians and folks that are in our general region to
be able to receive a no cost second opinion right
(04:26):
here at home.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
When you're working for the foundation, are you actually able
to interact with patients that come through once in a
while or do you get to know anybody, because that
must just be Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
It's like an event and different things as well. As
we often ask patients if they would like to give
a testimonial, and that's where Natalie really gets an opportunity
to talk with them.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Yeah, just yesterday, I spoke to someone who had an
experience where she was diagnosed with a particular type of
cancer and as a result of having a second opinion
with one of our physicians, she was able to not
have a particular surgery and move forward with a different plan.
She was still on the right plan, but just adjusting
that to make sure she had the highest quality of life.
She wasn't going through any unnecessary treatments. And then we
provide that in the round service where we're falling up
(05:08):
with their treating physicians to really make sure that we're
elevating all ships. We don't, Aslana said, we don't compete.
We try to educate.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
If folks want to go to Cincinnati Cancer Foundation right
now and get started with a second opinion referral. Let's
talk about that first.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, absolutely, So they can either call our main number
or they can go to our website www dot Cincinnati
Cancer Advisors dot org and they can do an online form.
Sometimes patients will prefer to have their physician make their referral,
which is about fifty percent of the time we have
a physician referral. Fifty percent of the time a patient
(05:43):
does a self refer So we take all comers in
any way. The only thing we ask is that you
have had a cancer diagnosis to what you said earlier.
Sometimes it's not that you're going to even have a
treatment plan change. You just want to know am I
on the right treatment plan? And just that reassurance and
confidence that now I'm going into my treatment, I know
I've given myself the very best odds. I'm doing the
(06:05):
right thing, and people always do better when you go
into something with optimism and feeling like you're doing the
right thing.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
The fundraiser that's coming up is the opportunity for the community,
the business community, the wealthy people here in this town,
which there are a lot. Let's talk about this total
girly event. I'm just saying. This is called Wine Women
and Shoes.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Yeah, and so this is something we have done before.
Wine Women in Shoes is something that many people have
heard about across the country, and we franchise the Wine
Women in Shoes name and brand, and it supports specifically
directly the Cincinnati Cancer Advisors work that we do. And
(06:48):
so it's a really fun event. And it's going to
be held at Union Terminal this year on Thursday, May seventh.
We're taking over the whole place. It's going to be
so fun. We're going to have like a red carpet arrival,
some paparazzi out there to do some interviews as people
in heer. We're gonna have some really fun marketplace things
(07:09):
to buy things that help support our cause. But it
is going to be a very elegant and elevated event.
It's going to be loosely themed on the Great gas
By nineteen twenties Prohibition, so you know, people can dress
in period if they want, they don't have to, but
black and gold is kind of the theme color. We're
gonna have a cool activation called Keys to the Vault
(07:30):
and ladies will for one hundred dollars buy a key
for a chance to win everything in the vault. Our
presenting sponsor this year is Union Savings Bank and Guardian Bank,
and so we really took that theme of the bank
and it's going to be this activation where there'll be
over twenty thousand dollars worth of things in this vault
(07:52):
and you can buy a chance to have that and
there'll be one winner who takes it all. So it'll
be super fun. And then the program. Our MC for
the night is mo Edgar, so we are planning to
have a ball with him.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Mo Edgar is one of our iHeart colleagues who does
sports on ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
He is going to be so fun and I think
he doesn't know what to think of us, you know,
but he's going to, I think, really elevate the event.
We have a wonderful auctioneer. The program will consist of
a live auction, a mission moment, paddle rays, and then
we culminate with a beautiful fashion show put on by
(08:32):
DAP from the University of Cincinnati. So the students there
who will be putting on the fashion show, so we're
super excited about that too.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
And these students. Just if my memory serves the design clothing.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Never before seen pieces, every single piece will be right.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
And Natalie is actually a DAP graduate if you see,
so she's one of the elite. Laura Wilson is kind
of the person charing it and organizing everything from the university,
so's she's we should have have her come on at
some point with us and talk about it more.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Come on in.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
That'd be just really We're just going to say. One
thing Lanna mentioned is that it's prohibition style, and so
we've got a little really great opportunities for businesses to
elevate their brand and do specific fun things that are
centered around Cincinnati's culture and history. So we have like
a speakeasy lounge that folks can partner with us on.
So if there are any businesses out there that have an
interest in that, it's a really fun and different way
to partner with us and elevate all the things you're
(09:25):
doing in the community as well.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Do you have like more than one availability for bars
or bourbon makers or breweries. Do you have multiples for
that or is there like an exclusive.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
We can make just about anything work for someone who
wants to be a sponsor, so we haven't. We have
a sponsor packet online on our website. It's Winewomen and
Shoes dot com, Forward Slash Cincinnati. Make sure to put
the forward slash Cincinnati and there are sponsorships there. But
Natalie can speak to this. But we can really customize
and make it very special for any company.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
We left a lot of freedom to do that. We
have a VIP area, so there's different sponsors that are
engaged in that particular section. We have all different types
of things throughout the event. I mentioned some of our activations,
but we also have a photo booth. We have a
legacy wall where we can commemorate a company if they
choose to do that. We have parts of the program
where we can recognize them, parts of the table scape.
So there's a lot of different opportunities and we definitely
(10:17):
left a lot of room for customizers.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
And all that money goes to your mission one hundred percent.
It's not like we take off five percent to pay
for this. It's all there. And all that money again
goes to second opinions with cancer experts for folks that
are diagnosed with cancer or a new cancer treatment program
who want a second opinion at no cost. It just
still blows my mind that that's available, because you know,
(10:41):
people have cancer in their families. Some people have already
passed and they're thinking, man, I wish we would have
had that. Some people are going through it right now
whom we're trying to meet reach, and then in the future,
how do people tuck this away in their head?
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Not everybody needs a second opinion right now, but I
can't think of very many conversations that I have across
the community, and especially it is probably because what I do,
but that you don't end up having a conversation about
somebody that has a friend, a relative, a mother, a
brother or sister who has cancer and they're going through that.
And so I think if you yourself don't have cancer,
(11:16):
I think just tuck this service away in your mind
that whenever you're talking to someone who's going through that,
to say, hey, you know, I know about this organization
that does this free service and it really might be
a benefit to you. So it's a way for people
to just spread word of mouth that doesn't cost anything,
to give somebody ad a good suggestion. And some of
the things that we also offer besides free second opinions
(11:38):
are free genetic testing and counseling, which is something that
sometimes people need with their cancer diagnosis, and free financial
navigation and support. One of the number one causes of
bankruptcy in the United States, sandy is a cancer diagnosis
in healthcare issues, and I think us being able to
provide that service to patients. We are not giving money
(12:00):
to them, but we have a financial navigation program that
they can be case managed and they help them with
all the fut the bills, everything like there might be
eligible for copay assistance. On average, the people who use
that service, it helps them between ten and thirteen thousand dollars.
(12:21):
So that's a service that we're able to give to
our patients that if they need it, they can use it.
And that is also the beauty of our model is
that it's free to everyone. It doesn't matter what your
income level is, it's free to everyone. We don't take
insurance cards that I've been in healthcare for almost thirty
three years now, and this is the first job that
(12:42):
I've been in where I don't even have to think
about insurance and denials and copays, and oftentimes that is
what our patients are thinking about because that's what they're
getting in the mail, but our financial navigation program can
really help them work through a lot of that.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Do they have to go through the medical part of
it too, or can they just use the financial.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
They do have to establish with us medically, because otherwise
we would not be able to, you know, kind of
make the referral and know what's going on to help them.
So we do ask that they are established with us.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Easy to do.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
I'm sure, yeah, got that information, Natalie, anything else you
want to say before we wrap up.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Here, No, I just wanted to add that Landa talked
about this being a no cost service, and I think
the premise that doctor bear At, our founder, started off
with is that you know, it's an honest broker, so
we don't have any skin in the game other than
to make sure you have the best possible care plan
going forward. If you're interested in learning more about our event,
you can go to Winewomenandshoes dot com, Forward Slash Cincinnati
(13:38):
and that's all spelled out. We would love to have you.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
That's Natalie cheul Up and Lana Yurig from the Cincinnati
Cancer Foundation. Thanks for coming in. Good luck with the
sponsorships and with the event. Coming up this spring. It's
gonna be fun at the Union Terminal.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
It is, and thank you so much Sandy for having
us on today. We always appreciate your support.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Coming up, we're going to explore one of the most
common chronic health conditions in the US and tell you
how you can treat it to ward off depression, cognitive decline,
and even dementia. This is iHeart Cincy.
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