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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…
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.
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…
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,…
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…
Breaking Down Regulatory Barriers to Value Pricing for Prescription Drugs
Paying for prescription medicines based on their value to patients is increasingly seen as a promising technique to combat rising medication costs. But while other parts of the health care sector are…
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.
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…
Will Value Assessment Frameworks Promote Health Value and Access for Veterans?
NPC expressed concerns about the partnership between the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Pharmacy Benefits Management Services office to…
NPC Evaluates ICER’s Revised Value Assessment Framework
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) today released its revised value assessment framework, which included a number of changes reflected in NPC's extensive public comments, but NPC…
Why Value Framework Assessments Arrive at Different Conclusions
New peer-reviewed research from the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) found inconsistencies in how four value frameworks assessed multiple myeloma treatments.
National Eczema Association Weighs In on Value Frameworks
NPC President Dan Leonard recently sat down for a conversation with Julie Block, President and CEO of the National Eczema Association, to discuss atopic dermatitis (AD) and value assessment…
How Can We Address Barriers to Accessing Needed Care?
In the latest issue of the American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits, NPC's Chief Science Officer Robert Dubois, MD, PhD, outlines some of the challenges consumers are facing with high-deductible health…
NPC Outlines Needed Improvements to ICER's Revised Value Assessment Framework
NPC submitted comments to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), offering constructive suggestions on ways to further improve its revised value assessment framework.