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Opportunities and Challenges With Value-Based Contracting
In his commentary for the American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits, NPC President Dan Leonard explores the challenges and opportunities in implementing value-based contracts.
NPC @ AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting: What Do We Know about High-Deductible Health Plans?
NCP Health Policy Fellow Ilene L. Hollin, PhD, MPH, will moderate a panel, “What Do We Know about High-Deductible Health Plans and What Do We Need to Learn?” to discuss what we know – and don’t know …
NPC is Going to ISPOR’s 22nd Annual International Meeting – Are You?
NPC will be at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 22nd Annual International Meeting, held May 20-24 in Boston, to lead issue panels and workshops,…
AMCP Partnership Forum on Value in Oncology Proceedings Published in JMCP
The Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy this week published the proceedings from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy partnership forum, “Driving Value and Outcomes in Oncology,” which…
Incorporating What Matters to Patients in Quality Measures: A Discussion With NPAF’s Dr. Balch
NPC spoke with Alan Balch, PhD, chief executive officer of the National Patient Advocate Foundation, to ask his thoughts about the impact of quality measures on patient care, particularly in the…
Value Assessment Frameworks: Are They Up To The Challenge?
In this article published on the Health Affairs Blog, NPC researchers Dr. Robert Dubois and Kimberly Westrich ask: Are value assessment frameworks ready to compare the health and economic impacts of…
The Evolution of Value Assessment
A Health Affairs Blog post by NPC Chief Science Officer Robert Dubois, MD, PhD, and Vice President for Health Services Research Kimberly Westrich, MA, identified several key considerations that could…
Comparison of Value Framework Assessments for Multiple Myeloma
In this NPC-funded study conducted by the Lewin Group, four existing value assessment frameworks were compared head to head to understand how each framework would approach the same condition,…
How Is the Multiple Sclerosis Community Engaging on Value Assessment?
NPC President Dan Leonard caught up this week for a Q&A with Lisa Skutnik, President of the MS Coalition, to discuss how the value of multiple sclerosis (MS) treatments is being assessed,…
How Are Stakeholder Views Incorporated into Value Assessment Frameworks? Watch NPC's New Video
NPC's animated informational video explains how different organizations are trying to consider patient viewpoints through the development of value assessment frameworks.
Assessing Value: Promise and Pitfalls Conference Summary Report
At NPC's conference, Assessing Value: Promise and Pitfalls, top experts in their fields united to discuss value assessment as it impacts payers, patients, providers and pharmaceutical innovators.
Engaging With ICER: National Psoriasis Foundation Opens Up on Value Assessment
NPC President Dan Leonard chatted with Leah Howard, Vice President of Government Relations and Advocacy, National Psoriasis Foundation, about value assessment frameworks and how her organization is…
Got CER? Educating Pharmacists for Practice in the Future: New Tools for New Challenges
This study provides an early evaluation of the CER Collaborative's training program's impact on learners’ self-reported abilities to evaluate and incorporate comparative effectiveness research…
Designing Successful Bundled Payment Initiatives
The National Pharmaceutical Council led a study that identified three principles intended to maximize the positive aspects and minimize the negative consequences of bundled payments.
Guiding Practices for Patient-Centered Value Assessment
In 2016, NP developed Guiding Practices for Patient-Centered Value Assessment that included 28 specific elements, which are broken out into six key aspects of value assessments: the assessment…
What Contributes Most to High Health Care Costs?
A small segment of the population—often the sickest patients—drive the majority of health care spending. This study, which examined the spending patterns for these high resource patients (HRP), …
Standards and Guidelines for Observational Studies: Quality Is in the Eye of the Beholder
The lack of observational study standard/guideline agreement may contribute to variation in study conduct; disparities in what is considered credible research; and ultimately, what evidence is…
Developing Evidence that is Fit for Purpose: A Framework for Payer and Research Dialogue
A study published in the September 2015 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care introduces a framework developed by the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) and AcademyHealth that could help…
Private Sector Risk-Sharing Agreements in the US: Trends, Barriers and Prospects
A peer-reviewed study found that there are limited risk-sharing agreements (RSAs) between health care payers and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United States, but interest in the agreements…