March 11, 2011: 131 Medical Societies Send Letter to House Leadership to Replace SGR
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March 11, 2011: Medicare ups cost of president’s proposed ‘doc fix’
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March 11, 2011: Number of cancer survivors in the U.S nearly quadrupled from 1971 to 2007
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March 11, 2011: Physicians Face 29.5% Medicare Pay Cut in 2012
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March 11, 2011: Growing number of waivers a rallying cry for healthcare repeal
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Congress Passes “Doc Fix,” Extending Current Medicare Rates Through 2011
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COA Past President Patrick Cobb, MD and Executive Director Ted Okon Discuss the War on Health Care Reform
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COA Survey Shows Adverse Impact of Medicare Cuts on Cancer Care
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How Health Care Reform is Changing the Oncology Landscape (and How the Elections May Color the View)
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Major Front Page Chicago Tribune Story Features COA Study and Quotes
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Dr. Patrick Cobb and Ted Okon Handicap Elections, Health Care Reform Fallout, and Year-End Medicare Cuts
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Dr. Patrick Cobb and COA Executive Director Ted Okon Ask Questions About Accountable Care Organizations
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Cancer patients could be hurt, we fear, by health care reform
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August 16, 2010: How Health Care Reform is Affecting US Cancer Care
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August 12, 2010: COA Executive Director Ted Okon Talks Cancer Crisis
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Reach Out to Your Representatives on Prompt Pay Bill
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PROMPT PAY BILL DROPS TOMORROW
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Week of More SGR Follies and More!
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Health Care Reform Saga – Repeal, Replace & MUEs
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Next Steps for Health Care Reform – Implementation & Repeal
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Dr. Dave Eagle, COA President, looks at 2011
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Message from Dr. Richard Frame to Community Oncology Practices
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Community Oncology Conference, Las Vegas, February 25-26, 2011
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Medicare SGR Cut Update – Next Steps and Survey Results
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Community Oncology Conference, Las Vegas February 25-26, 2011
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Community Oncology Alliance: Save the Date
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Brief SGR Update – There is Light
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Save the Date: COA Patient Advocacy Conference Feb 25-26,2011
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COA Survey on Medicare SGR Cuts
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McKesson Buys US Oncology
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Oncologists Respond to the WSJ Story on UnitedHealthcare
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Important News Articles on Community Oncology
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Call to Our Fellow Oncologists and Administrators
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Has Your Representative Signed the House Cancer Care Letter?
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House Stop Cancer Care Cuts Letter Issued
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Tool to Estimate 2011 Medicare Fee Schedule Impact
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Community Cancer Clinic Closings on the Rise
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Message from New COA President, David Eagle, MD
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CMS Releases Medicare Claims with 21.3% Cut……………..
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SGR Patch Now Only 6 Months… Maybe?
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Medicare Claims to be Held Through Thursday, 6/17
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SGR Update – Cut Effective Next Tuesday
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Register TODAY For June 23rd Capitol Hill Day
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Next Steps to Patching the Medicare SGR Cut?
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SGR Follow-up; Threats to Imaging & Radiation
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Brief SGR Update
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Register TODAY for Cancer Care Hill Day on June 23rd!
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Brief SGR Update
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SGR Update on Looming Medicare Fee Cut
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Impact of Healthcare Reform on Community Cancer Care Practice
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Oral Oncolytics Study sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, Millennium Pharmaceuticals and other pharmaceutical sponsors
Recently, we sponsored an important report about the barriers to access many patients experience when trying to receive oral oncolytics, and how best to address those challenges. It revealed a lot of different views and ideas from many corners of the oncology community. Read More →

Impact of Health Care Reform on Your Practice – COA Webinar on 4/29
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Join the Cancer Community on Capitol Hill on June 23rd.
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Medicare SGR Patch Signed Into Law
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SGR and Petition Update
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45,000+ Sign Stop Cancer Care Cuts Petition
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SGR Theater of the Absurd
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March Madness Upsets and the SGR Saga Continues
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March Madness
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“Fix Cancer Care” – COA President Dr. Cobb’s Message to Congress
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NEW!!! COA Administrators’ Network Website
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Bill Averting Medicare 21.2% Cut Till 10/1
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Brief SGR Update
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Medicare 21.2% Payment Cut and Other Updates
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ALERT – Politics of the 21.2% SGR Medicare Physician Fee Cut
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Medicare “Doc Fix” Coming?
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Cancer Care in the News and Updates
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Cancer Care Petition: 20,000 Have Now Signed – Sign and Forward!
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Is Health Care Reform Dead? Where is the SGR fix?
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Stop Cancer Cuts Petition Up and Running
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COA Sends Comments to President Obama and Congress on Health Care Reform
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More on Senate Health Care Reform Bill
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Weekend of Health Care Reform
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Grassroots Outreach TODAY Needed to Congress!!!
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IMMEDIATE Grassroots Outreach to Congress Needed!
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COA Next Steps on Health Care Reform
Here is a quick update on health care reform and next steps from the Community Oncology Alliance (COA). Read More →

Medicare Cuts and the Impact on Your Practice
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The Medicare physician fee fix was not included as in the House health care reform bill.
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House health care reform bill released and is available on the COA website.
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Bill to Eliminate 21.5% Cut – S. 1776
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Reach out to Representatives to Sign Letter Stopping Medicare Cuts.
As you know, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is planning severe Medicare payment cuts for cancer care effective January 1, 2010. These cuts are to services associated with drug administration, consultation services, diagnostic imaging, and radiation treatment… Read More →

Practice Administrators Meet with CMS About Cancer Care Cuts
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Senate and House working on passing bills that can be merged into final health care reform legislation. The next 4-8 weeks are critical.
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Oncology Payment Cuts – Why Every Practice Needs to Provide Comments to CMS
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Statement by Dr. Patrick Cobb, president of the Community Oncology Alliance, regarding declining rates of cancer death
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Need for the Components of Care Survey
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The Community Oncology Alliance Applauds Governor Sebelius’ Appointment as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
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View from Capitol Hill on Healthcare Reform and Implications for Community Oncology, Part II
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Update on H.R. 1392 — Prompt Pay Correction Bill
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H.R. 1392 Introduced to Correct ASP Problem
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Healthcare Reform is Here!
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Healthcare Reform and Community Oncology
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Stimulus Bill and Healthcare Reform
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CRISIS IN CANCER CARE: ONCOLOGISTS CALL ON CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO ACT NOW
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Message from new COA President, Patrick Cobb, MD
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Patrick Cobb, MD Elected President of COA
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Impact of 2009 Medicare Fee Schedule on Your Practice
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NICE Nixes Bevacizumab, Cetuximab And Panitumumab in Colorectal Cancer
The cost-effectiveness institute for England and Wales has rejected three biological treatments for metastatic colorectal cancer that has progressed after initial or second-line treatment. The National...Read more →

High Non-Compliance in the Use of Letrozole After 2.5 Years of Extended Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy. Results From the IDEAL Randomized Trial
Data from this prospective phase III trial highlight the issue of early discontinuation of aromatase inhibitors as extended adjuvant therapy in women with ER-positive breast cancer. The optimal approach...Read more →



Point/Counterpoint: What is the First-line Treatment of Choice for Metastatic BRAF-mutant Melanoma?
Consider immunotherapy as first-line treatment.Application of immunotherapy is becoming increasingly more sophisticated as we learn to control the many signals that activate and deactivate T cells. We...Read more →

Solution in Sight for the Cancer Drug Shortages?
Little did we know that when we penned our last commentary, What is Causing the Drug Shortages, it would make the rounds on Capitol Hill—and we would be asked to testify in front of Congress. On November...Read more →
Ask Your Representatives to Co-Sponsor H.R. 905
Access information and materials to help you reach out to your House members. Read More →

Register for the Community Oncology Conference TODAY
Here is the link for information/registration for the conference in Las Vegas on February 25-26, 2011. Read More →

Register for the Patient Advocacy Learning Session TODAY
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Access the COA Practice Impact Report
COA is maintaining and updating a database on practice closings and other practice impacts. Read More →

Calculate the Impact of the 2011 Medicare Fee Schedule Cuts
Here is a tool that allows you to estimate the impact of the new Medicare cuts in the 2011 Physician Fee Schedule. Read More →

Access a copy of the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
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Watch the Cancer Crisis Video
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Watch the Cancer Community Dancing for Cancer Care
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Access COA Letter to CMS on 2011 MPFS
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Access the 2010 MedPAC Report
Read about thoughts on changing the payment system and threats to the Stark exemption. Read More →

Read the COA Statement on Health Care Reform
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Access the Components of Care and Oral Oncolytics Studies
COA has completed two important studies on delivering cancer care, summaries of which can be downloaded. Read More →

Access CMS Analysis on Health Care Reform Legislation
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Access the IOM Report on the NCI Clinical Trial Program
Download the brief of the report and the actual report. Read More →

Access Email Addresses for Congressional Health Staff
Send your CMS comments and other messages to Members of Congress. Read More →

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