COA Administrators’ Network (CAN)

Supporting Successful Leadership of Community Oncology Practices.

The Community Oncology Alliance Administrators’ Network (CAN) is a network for community oncology practice administrators and management team members. CAN is where practice leaders find solutions to their biggest operational challenges, share organizational strategies, and access valuable resources to maximize practice operations.

Practice administrators are important members of the modern cancer care team, leading the complex daily operations of independent practices. They oversee many issues, including operations, payer contracting, coding, participation in payment models, staffing, and more.

OUR MISSION

The Mission of CAN is to establish a robust network of resources, care, and community, providing unwavering assistance and support to our community oncology professionals and the patients they serve.

CAN Is a Valuable Resource for Oncology Leaders

Powered by the collective knowledge of its 1,000+ members, CAN is run by and for practice leaders, ensuring that strategies for navigating regulatory, operational, and organizational pressures are actively shared. The virtual, peer-to-peer network fosters a resource-rich and welcoming environment for both seasoned and new practice team members.

Members join monthly CAN calls, webinars, in-person meetings, and other events to collaborate, and have exclusive access to a free library of specifically developed tools and resources. These include physician fee schedule impact models; patient experience and survey systems; office forms and procedure templates; and a first-of-its-kind guide for practice administrators to research operational tools.

CAN is an initiative of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), the nation’s only non-profit organization solely dedicated to advocating and supporting independent community oncology and urology practices and the patients they serve. Through this, CAN members share their powerful voices in advocacy efforts with elected officials and key regulatory agencies at the state and federal levels.

CAN’s Vision – Ensure community oncology remains the high-quality, low-cost value option for patients, payers, and providers, through our reform efforts and transformation of the cancer care delivery system.

OUR VISION

Ensure community oncology remains the high-quality, low-cost value option for patients, payers, and providers, through our reform efforts and transformation of the cancer care delivery system.

How Do I Get Involoved?

Becoming a member of the COA Administrators’ Network is free and exclusively available to administrators, managers, and affiliated team leaders from community oncology practices. Representatives from every level of the practice management teams are invited.  

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Advisory Board

CAN is honored to be under the leadership of these inspiring individuals.
  • Amy Ellis
    Northwest Medical Specialties
    Tacoma, WA
  • Danielle Geiger
    Nebraska Cancer Specialists
    Omaha, NE
  • Jeff Hunnicutt
    Highlands Oncology
    Fayetteville, AR
  • Ann Marie Rainey, MSN, RN, CHC
    CAN Co-Chair
    America Oncology Network, LLC
    Huntsville, AL
  • Maryann Roefaro, MS
    Hematology Oncology Associates of CNY
    Syracuse, NY
  • Susan Sabo-Wagner, RN, BSN, OCN
    CAN Co-Chair
    American Oncology Network, LLC.
    Houston, TX
  • Phil Stover, JD, MBA
    Mission Cancer + Blood
    Des Moines, IA
  • Dennis Zoet, MBA
    Cancer and Hematology Centers of Western Michigan
    Grand Rapids, MI

CAN Liaison & Administration

  • Shiela Plasencia
    Director of Practice Support
    Community Oncology Alliance
    Washington, DC

The Community Oncology Alliance

COA is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for community oncology practices and, most importantly, the patients they serve. COA is the only organization dedicated solely to community oncology where the majority of Americans with cancer are treated.

The mission of COA is to ensure that cancer patients receive quality, affordable, and accessible cancer care in their own communities. More than 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each year and deaths from the disease have been steadily declining due to earlier detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

Cancer treatment can be intense and span many years requiring regular physician visits for chemotherapy and checkups. Keeping patients close to their homes, families, and support networks lessens the burden of this devastating disease. With the majority of Americans battling cancer receiving treatment in the community setting, it is imperative that the vitality of the community cancer care delivery system be preserved.

For more than 15 years COA has built a national grassroots network of community oncology practices to advocate for public policies that benefit patients. Individuals from all levels of the cancer care delivery team – oncologists, hematologists, pharmacists, mid-level providers, oncology nurses, patients and survivors – volunteer their time on a regular basis to lead COA and serve on its committees.

By offering innovative solutions to Congress and policymakers, empowering patients, and working closely with other healthcare stakeholders, COA is helping to shape a future where all Americans have access to quality, affordable cancer care.