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Are Value Assessment Frameworks Ready for Prime Time?
An analysis from NPC, published in Value in Health, examined efforts from three organizations actively conducting value assessments.
NPC in AJMC: Why We Need Multiple Measures of Cost-Effectiveness in the US
In an editorial for The American Journal of Managed Care, NPC Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President Dr. Robert Dubois explores the pitfalls of assigning only one organization the…
Key Takeaways From an ISPOR Panel on Creative Financing Proposals
An expert panel was convened at the ISPOR 2019 annual meeting to discuss the need for novel payment approaches to address the challenges that accompany transformative therapies.
NPC in Specialty Pharmacy Times: Creative Financing for Innovative, Curative Therapies
States are getting creative about how they can meet the health care needs of their citizens, especially when it comes to curative treatments for conditions with a high rate of prevalence. More…
Rethinking Our Approach to Value Assessment to Ensure the Patient Voice is Heard
According to a panel at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Summit 2018 and summarized this week in Value in Health, even though value assessment frameworks…
NPC Outlines Ways to Make ICER’s Value Assessment Framework More Patient-Centered
NPC submitted comments to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) on ways to improve its value assessment framework and ensure that patient concerns are better addressed in treatment…
Symposium: Able to Cure, Able to Pay — Closing the Widening Gap
In Louisiana, significant prevalence of hepatitis C cases and high treatment costs has led the state to turn to an innovative idea – using a Netflix-style subscription model to pay for curative…
Access to Care: Development of a Medication Access Framework for Quality Measurement
A new framework, developed by the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and supported by the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC), identified seven main areas patients encounter while seeking access to…
NPC in Specialty Pharmacy Times: How Can We Advance Progress in Moving from Volume to Value in Health Care?
In his latest column in Specialty Pharmacy Times, NPC President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Leonard explains that rather than trying to score news headlines, what we need is a…
Personalized Medicine in a World of Value Frameworks
In a commentary published in the Journal of Clinical Pathways, NPC's Dr. Robert W. Dubois explores how to improve value frameworks’ approach to personalized medicine.
Bringing Patient-Centeredness to Quality Measurement in Health Care
Quality measures can help payers to reward better care, providers to take action to improve care, and patients to make informed decisions about where to seek care. Often, quality measures are focused…
Growing Questions About Frameworks Highlight Need for Guiding Practices for Value Assessment
For several years, NPC has kept a close eye on value assessment frameworks and engaging with developers on ways to improve their methodologies, involve patient organizations and use a broad range of…
Social Determinants of Health May Be Key to Value-based Care
There is growing recognition that improving access to care and patient health, including access to medications, requires focus on social, economic and environmental factors. At its upcoming…
Amplifying the Migraine Community Voice in ICER Value Assessment Process
In an interview with NPC, Lindsay Videnieks, director of the Headache and Migraine Policy Forum (HMPF), discusses the kind of effort it takes to become involved in the ICER value assessment process,…
Get to Know Duke Margolis-NPC Postdoctoral Health Policy Fellow Taruja Karmarkar, PhD
Duke Margolis-NPC Postdoctoral Health Policy Fellow Taruja Karmarkar, PhD, sat down with us to discuss her upcoming research, bridging the gap between academia and health care stakeholders, tips for…
NPC in STAT: Paying for Curative Therapies: Our Challenges in Addressing Medicine’s Solutions
In a commentary published in STAT, National Pharmaceutical Council Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer Robert Dubois, MD, PhD, outlines some creative thinking behind how we could…
A Precision Paradigm for Value Assessment: How Frameworks Can Account for Personalized Medicine to Inform Payers, Providers, Innovators and Patients
Personalized Medicine Coalition Senior Vice President of Science Policy Daryl Pritchard, PhD, explores personalized medicine and value assessment frameworks.
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…
Considerations When Using ICER's Value Assessments
This week we read with great interest an article posted on the Health Affairs Blog that directly responded to National Pharmaceutical Council Chief Science Officer Dr. Robert Dubois’ Sept. 17…
Why the VA Should Proceed with Caution on ICER Collaboration
In a new blog published by Health Affairs, NPC Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President Robert W. Dubois, MD, PhD, expands on our initial thoughts on the collaboration between the Institute…