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NPC in AJPB: Working Toward Better Value in Prescription Drug Benefits Management
U.S. employers provide a vital link to health care, with more than 56 percent of them offering health insurance for their employees. However, how employers design those health benefits can vary…
NPC Chief Science Officer Robert Dubois to Address Value in Personalized Medicine at 13th Annual Personalized Medicine Conference
At the 13th Annual Personalized Medicine Conference, hosted by the Personalized Medicine Coalition, NPC's Dr. Robert W. Dubois will explore why health care stakeholder viewpoints on the value of a…
IVI Introduces Transparent Approach for Value Assessment
The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) released its first assessment of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis using its new approach toward value assessment. NPC is still evaluating IVI’s new…
NPC in AJPB: Guiding Practices for Patient-Centered Value Assessment
In response to growing concerns about health care costs, during the past few years, we’ve seen an increase in the development and use of value assessment frameworks. A variety of physician, payer and…
Appropriate Value Assessment Entails A Broad Perspective Of Impact and A Comprehensive Use of Evidence
NPC Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President Robert W. Dubois looks at recent publications that highlight the need to consider a societal perspective when assessing value and utilize real…
An Important Dialogue About Orphan Drugs
While it’s encouraging to see that the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) began the conversation about the value of orphan drugs, treatments that are used for conditions affecting very…
Checking In With Schaeffer-NPC Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy, Dr. Ilene Hollin
Ilene Hollin, PhD, is entering the second year of her NPC-USC Schaeffer Center Health Policy fellowship, a post-doctoral, two-year fellowship that seeks to bridge the gap between health research and…
Learn More About Oncology Clinical Pathways in Webinar from Turning the Tide Against Cancer
Ideally, clinical pathways can be a useful tool to help clinicians make sense of quickly evolving science, ensure patients receive the right care at the right time, help standardize care and limit…
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,…
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…
How Can We Improve Oncology Quality Measurement in Accountable Care?
NPC and Discern Health analyzed the current oncology quality measure landscape for 10 high-priority cancers, published in the white paper "Improving Oncology Quality Measurement in Accountable Care,"…
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…
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,…
Missed Signals in Cancer Care: Strategies to Address Quality Measure Gaps
When it comes to designing accountable care models, the dramatically varied needs and preferences of patients with cancer can confound quality measurement, especially when compounded by increasingly…
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.
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…