The   Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas was an exciting addition to our conference line-up for 2012. We produced our first 14 interviews for The Group Room really focusing on the issues facing community oncology clinics across the country. We spoke with Ted Okon on how the community oncology alliance is working [...]

This video highlights the cancer drug shortages currently happening in the United States of America.  It is unconscionable.  What is the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) doing to help? The Group Room interviews at the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) 2012 annual meeting in Las Vegas was made possible by the generous support of our members. VIDEO [...]

The Group Room sits down with Ted Okon, Executive Director of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), at the 2012 COA Annual Meeting. Ted talks about the challenges facing community oncology, where 4 out of 5 cancer patients are current treated and what COA is doing to advocate on their behalf. The Group Room interviews at [...]

The Group Room sits down with Rose Gerber, Director of Patient Advocacy for the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Patient Advocacy Network (CPAN), at the 2012 COA Annual Meeting. Rose talks about the mission of CPAN, how much it has evolved and what her vision is for the future of patient advocacy in the community oncology [...]

The Group Room sits down with Dr. David Eagle at the 2012 Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Meeting. Dr. Eagle is a medical oncologist at the Lake Norman Hematology-Oncology in North Carolina and the current COA Board President. He gives an overview of the initiatives of COA for 2012 and beyond as well as why [...]

The Group Room sits down with Mary Kruczynski, Director of Policy at the Community Oncology Alliance at the 2012 Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Meeting. Mary talks about the three main issues COA is fighting on capitol hill — oral drug parity, drug shortages and physician reimbursements — and of course, their overarching mission to [...]

The Group Room sits down with Bobbi Buell at the 2012 Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Meeting. She gives some eye-opening information that patients need to understand about what to look for in your health insurance policy — if you have cancer and if you are healthy. In this ever-changing health climate, we all need [...]

The Group Room sits down with Bobbi Buell at the 2012 Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Meeting. She gives some eye-opening information that patients need to understand about the current state of oncology care in this county and what the future holds. The Group Room interviews at the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) 2012 annual meeting [...]

The Group Room sits down with Carol Murtaugh, RN, OCN at the 2012 Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Annual Meeting. Carol is an oncology nurse, turned practice administrator. She gives us a look into the reality of running a community oncology practice in today’s health care environment, and the realities patients and caregivers should be aware [...]

The Group Room sat down with Dr. Bruce Gould, Medical Director of Northwest Georgia Cancer Centers and Community Oncology Alliance (COA) board member, at the Community Oncology Alliance 2012 annual meeting in Las Vegas.  In this video, Dr. Gould introduces us to the concept of the Oncology Medical Home and what it means for the [...]