This month’s speaker, Alan Balch, PhD, chief executive officer of the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation, brought expertise and history in dealing with health care equity, as well as the experience of the Patient Advocate Foundation, to the discussion.

This Advocacy Chat focused on what high-quality cancer care is, and Bo Gamble, COA’s director of quality and value, discussed the components of quality cancer care.

Advocacy Chat guest speaker is Carla Tardif, the chief executive officer of Family Reach. She is going to give an overview of the organization, explain their focus on the financial distress of cancer, also known as the financial toxicity of cancer, and talk about the patient and family impact of the cost of cancer care.…