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The National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) is a health policy research organization dedicated to the advancement of good evidence and science, and to fostering an environment in the United States that supports medical innovation.
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Does a One Size Fits All Cost-Sharing Approach Incentivize Appropriate Medication Use?
Patients contribute to health care costs through out-of-pocket expenses, like copays and coinsurance. These cost-sharing mechanisms are intended to help payers manage costs and…
Does a One-Size-Fits-All Cost-Sharing Approach Incentivize Appropriate Medication Use? A Roundtable on the Fairness and Ethics Associated with Variable Cost Sharing
A study convened an expert roundtable of patient, payer, and employer representatives to review four case studies to understand when it would be more (or less) acceptable to require patients…
Pharmacy Benefits: Super-sized, Minimized or Right-Sized?
In the December issue of Employee Benefit News, NPC Vice President of Comparative Effectiveness Research Jennifer Graff, PharmD, outlines a framework for the consideration of treatment flexibility in…
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.
Webinar: 2016 Comparative Effectiveness Research and the Environment for Health Care Decision-Making
Dan Leonard, MA, Kimberly Westrich, Joe Selby, MD, MPH, Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, FAAP
Catch Up on NPC’s Recent Research & Activities in Our 2012 Annual Report
During the past year, NPC continued to play a central role in informing the comparative effectiveness research conversation and improving understanding of this crucial aspect of health care reform.
Pharmaceutical Technology Assessment: Perspectives From Payers
The processes and evidence used in making pharmaceutical coverage decisions vary substantially among US health plan payers. These variations during the pharmaceutical technology assessment (PTA)…
Your Pharmacy Benefit: Make it Work for You!
The 16-page booklet offers advice for those with prescription drug coverage through an employer, union, or other group plans. Topics include Choose Your Plan, Use Your Plan, and More Options.