News from Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Articles
CMS Makes Mark with Flurry of Value-Based Care, Payment Models
(1/13, Bridget Early, Modern Healthcare) reports “...The agency’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation rolled out a slew of demonstrations in 2025, including a half a dozen in December alone...On the whole, value-based care organizations are excited about the menu of new pilots, some of which could mitigate longstanding quality and cost conundrums. But a host of details still needs to be addressed. ‘It was a lot — a head-spinning end of the year in terms of model announcements,’ said Mara McDermott, CEO of the value-based care trade group Accountable for Health. ‘There are a lot of positives there, but it also means there’s a lot to figure out.’” Subscription Required
New UK Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds ‘Modest’ In Nature, Will Not Benefit All Drugs
(1/13, Eliza Slawther, Pink Sheet) reports “...England’s health technology assessment institute, NICE, is soon to increase the thresholds used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of new medicines – a lawyer cautions that even with the uplift, some new drugs may still struggle to secure reimbursement in the region.” Subscription Required
Press Releases
ISPOR Announces New Executive Director for the ISPOR Institute for Healthcare Transformation
(1/13, ISPOR Press Release) “ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research announced today that Kelly Saldaña has been appointed as executive director for the ISPOR Institute for Healthcare Transformation. The newly launched ISPOR Institute is an organic extension of ISPOR that bridges the gap between health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) and real-world application to further elevate the relevance, use, and impact of HEOR.” Full
Penn Medicine and Ascension Health System Receive $25 Million Award from PCORI
(1/13, University of Pennsylvania) “...The six-year study, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), will build on the highly successful BE ACTIVE trial, published in 2024, which demonstrated sustained increases in daily step counts using a behavioral economics-based approach to gamification to enhance ongoing engagement, where participants were awarded points for meeting daily step goals and progress through levels based on accumulated points.” Full
Journals
Rethinking Regulatory Tiers: Medicare Real-World Evidence Shows CAMP Outcomes Are Independent of FDA Regulatory Classification
William H Tettelbach, et al.
January 2, 2026, Journal of Wound Care
Cost per Responder Analysis of Iptacopan Versus Eculizumab and Ravulizumab in Treatment of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: Implications for Decision-Making
Kyi-Sin Than, et al.
January 10, 2026, Journal of Medical Economics
Comparative Effectiveness of Parathyroidectomy Versus Cinacalcet in Severe Secondary Hyperparathyroidism among Hemodialysis Patients in Sudan: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Mazin M T Shigidi, Nazik M Abdulfatah
January 12, 2026, BMC Nephrology
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of PI-Rd Triplets in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: INSIGHT-MM Data Analysis
Noemi Puig, et al.
January 13, 2026, European Journal of Haematology
Value-Based Pricing of Health Services with Health Equity Considerations
Luigi Siciliani, PhD, et al.
January 13, 2026, Value in Health
Network Meta-Analysis with Dose-Response Relationships
Maria Petropoulou, Gerta Rücker & Guido Schwarzer
January 13, 2026, BMC Medical Research Methodology