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Community Oncology Conference
Ricky Newton, CPADirector of Financial Services and Operations and TreasurerApril 24, 2015
Background
▪25-35% of all new drugs being made for oncology patients are coming out as oral drugs
▪Patients need a safe, reliable, accessible and affordable environment that is tightly integrated into their overall cancer care
▪Community clinics over the years have opened up facilities within their clinics to provide these services instead of the patients having to rely on specialty pharmacies and other retail pharmacies
▪Foster oral cancer therapy tightly integrated into cancer patient treatment at the site of care. Specifically, COPA will:• Help practices enhance outcomes of cancer patients treated with oral
medications ▸ Focus on quality, efficiency, and financial viability
• Establish quality standards, best practice benchmarks, operating procedures, and other clinical/operating processes
• Provide a forum for practices to share best practices and information, especially relating to state pharmacy issues
• Develop the quality/value proposition of “integrated oral cancer treatment” for payers (Medicare, private, self insured)
• Educate pharmaceutical companies on the clinical/value proposition of “integrated oral cancer treatment”
COPA Mission
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▪Create standard national quality measures
▪Establish a way to measure quality in a tangible way • Similar to the oncology medical home initiative
▪Publish an independent report/analysis documenting patient experience of receiving oral cancer drugs in practice versus specialty pharmacy
▪Develop the COPA website
▪Create information sharing on the closed COPA list serve
Immediate Priorities
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Priorities Specific to Patients
▪Library of patient assistant programs for all oral chemotherapy and supportive care drugs
▪Library of patient focused educational materials on each oral drug
▪Patient focused educational material highlighting a practice’s dispensing program
▪Blog for patients to be able to ask questions of other patients on oral drugs or the ability to write their stories and experiences to share with other
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