Aimee Hoch, LSW, OSW-C, FACCC, is a financial navigator for the Cancer Program at Grand View Health where she created and implemented the financial navigation program in 2018.
A board-certified, master’s-level social worker with more than 20 years of experience in health care and behavioral health, Aimee’s practice focuses on oncology, specifically addressing financial toxicity.
Committed to treating financial toxicity, Aimee regularly speaks and consults on the issue and the role of financial navigation in cancer care. She shares her expertise in financial navigation to develop resources and a network to raise awareness of this emerging field.
Aimee also consults for the Cancer Support Community Helpline as a financial navigation specialist. She is an active member and fellow of the Association of Cancer Care Center’s Financial Advocacy Network Advisory Committee and Initiatives Task Force, and a member of the CancerX Moonshot 2024 Mentor Cohort.
Experience & accolades
Expertise
- Financial navigation
- Oncology social work
Education
- Fordham University
- Master of Social Work
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Bachelor of Science, Clinical Psychology
Experience
- Grand View Health, (2014-present)
- Oncology Financial Navigator (2018-present)
- Oncology Social Worker (2015-2018)
- Social Work Case Manager/Emergency Room Dept. Case Manager (2004-2015)
- Easterseals New Jersey, (1992-2004)
- Director of Outreach Services and Quality Improvement
Professional memberships & board positions
- CancerX Moonshot Mentor Cohort (2024)
- HealthCentral Patient Power Medical Review Board (2024)
- Association of Community Cancer Centers Financial Advocacy Network Advisory Committee (2020-present)
- Association of Community Cancer Centers Financial Advocacy Network Initiatives Task Force (2020-present)
- Cancer Support Community Biosimilar Advisory Board Member (2021-2023)
- Multidisciplinary Breast Care Committee Grand View Health (2015-present)
Publications
- Medicare Open Enrollment: What You Need to Know. Cancer Support Community, 2023
- Social Workers as Financial Navigators: A Match Often Overlooked. AOSW Newsletter, 2023
- Financial Navigation Guidelines. Association of Community Cancer Centers, 2022
- Patient Assistance and Reimbursement Guide. Association of Community Cancer Centers, 2021
- Coping with Financial Toxicity: Help is Available. Oncolink, 2019