Save the Date for the December 2025 CPAN Advocacy Chat on December 3, 2025 at 12:00pm EST. CPAN Advocacy Chats are regular virtual 30-minute educational conversations about cancer advocacy and policy with a guest speaker invited to discuss issues important to patients and advocates. Summaries of previous Advocacy Chats are available on the CPAN website.
Host Rose Gerber, MS, was joined by Darcie Champagne Wells, the president and CEO of CanCare, a nonprofit that provides support for caregivers of patients with cancer. Rose and Darcie discussed their various perspectives on caregivers: Rose as a former patient and current director of a patient-centered advocacy network, and Darcie as the head of a national organization caring for the caregivers and as a three-time caregiver herself. They also discussed resources available to help caregivers emotionally, mentally, and materially as they support their loved ones.
Host Rose Gerber, MS, was joined by COA's Director of Clinical Initiatives, Christine Pfaff, RPh, MBA, as they discussed how PBMs fit into the care equation. Created to manage pharmacy benefits for employers, PBMs have ballooned into Fortune 100 companies that are blocking critical care in the name of profit.
COA’s Director of Patient Advocacy and Education and Advocacy Chat host, Rose Gerber, MS, and COA’s Director of Practice Support, Shiela Plasencia, will discuss the need for community oncology practices to address food insecurity. Patients in low-income or rural areas may live in "food deserts," or places where healthy food is hard to access.
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COA’s Director of Patient Advocacy and Education and Advocacy Chat host, Rose Gerber, MS, and COA’s Managing Director Nicolas Ferreyros analyzed the current state of COA’s policy priorities, including pharmacy benefit managers, 340B, and prior authorization reform.
COA’s Director of Patient Advocacy and Education and Advocacy Chat host, Rose Gerber, MS, will be joined by Shelley Fuld Nasso, MPP, the CEO of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. Rose and Shelley will discuss the common aspects of cancer survivorship and the latest results from the annual State of Survivorship Survey, which asks patients and survivors for their perspectives on the treatment journey and related factors.
Rose Gerber, MS, Advocacy Chat host and COA’s Director of Patient Advocacy and Education, were joined by Shannon Besselman, RN, BSN, a clinical manager for Northwest Medical Specialties on a discussion of the roles that oncology nurses play in community oncology practices.
COA’s Director of Patient Advocacy and Education and CPAN host, Rose Gerber, MS, and COA’s Director of State and Policy James Lee will lead the April Advocacy Chat, exploring the growing importance of state level advocacy. They will talk about current issues being explored at the state level, like PBM reform, effective ways to establish working relationships with elected officials, and ways you can get involved with advocacy efforts at COA.
April Rozzo, MS, RD, CSO, LD/N, the clinical nutrition manager at Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute, met with Rose to talk about the importance of crafting personalized dietary recommendations for patients with cancer and survivors at all stages of the cancer care continuum.
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