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Digging Deeper Into Health Spending | November 2021
In this e-newsletter, NPC will dig deeper into health care spending and highlight the importance of relying on good research to create good policy.
Health Spending for Commercial Plans Is Predominantly Concentrated In Small Population of High-Intensity Consumers
NPC study finds spending on prescription drugs mirrors spending on other health care services, with a small subset of the sickest patients driving the majority of spending.
Drug Spending Mirrors Spending on Other Health Care Services
Spending on prescription drugs is not an anomaly but rather follows similar patterns as other health care services. Policy proposals that focus narrowly on constraining drug spending are…
Health Care Stakeholders Can Learn from Pharmacists’ Patient-Centered Perspective
In a commentary for Pharmacy Times, NPC's John M. O’Brien describes the commitment of pharmacists to ensuring patient access to needed medicines and says other health care stakeholders…
Reference Pricing Isn’t Worth the Risk to Innovation and Patient Health
A Health Affairs Blog co-authored by NPC's Michael Ciarametaro explores the tradeoffs and risks associated with international reference pricing and suggests alternative policy approaches that…
Going Below The Surface
Going Below The Surface was an NPC-led initiative to broaden and improve the conversation around how we use health care resources in the United States.
NPC in Morning Consult: Biopharmaceutical Price Regulation - No Panacea for Patients
In a column published in Morning Consult, NPC's research team explains why potential government involvement in drug pricing would be unlikely to increase patient affordability.
Affordability Is About More Than Drug Prices
A research survey found that potential government involvement in drug pricing would be unlikely to increase patient affordability.
Celebrating the Use of Medicines in Keeping People Healthy
NPC President and CEO John O'Brien discusses how prescription medicines and the pharmacists who provided them helped people stay healthy at home during the pandemic.
The Budget Cap Dilemma: Can You Reduce Spending and Preserve Patient Health?
National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) hosted a virtual panel discussion on state decisions to implement budget caps and the strategies, challenges, and the relevance of these decisions on patient…
Focus on Whole Person Quality Care When Implementing Budget Caps
The National Pharmaceutical Council hosted a virtual panel discussion on state decisions to implement budget caps and the strategies, challenges, and the relevance of these decisions on patient…
U.S. vs. EU: Not a Direct Comparison When It Comes to Drug Pricing
It’s challenging to compare U.S. and ex-U.S. countries’ drug prices and health spending, given the big differences in the countries’ economies, health care systems, payment mechanisms and disease…
NPC Comments on Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model [CMS-5528-IFC]
NPC explains how using payment models based on pricing in other countries could have a negative impact on patient outcomes, access to treatments and future innovation.
Assessing Consumer and Employer Willingness to Pay for New Medical Technologies
This study examines whether health care consumers and large employers would be willing to continue to pay for new medical technologies associated with significant improvements in patient health…
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: A Way to Put Patient Concerns Front and Center in Value Assessment?
NHC and NPC released a white paper outlining multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), an approach to value assessment that may more holistically address patients’ concerns, experiences and treatment…
Do Patient Preferences Align with Value Frameworks? A Discrete-Choice Experiment of Patients with Breast Cancer
The study assessed patient preferences for aspects of breast-cancer treatments to evaluate the usual assumptions in scoring rubrics for value frameworks.
Underestimating the Value of an Intervention – The Case for Including Productivity in Value Assessments and Formulary Design
Research shows that including non-health care costs like productivity in value assessment frameworks can change the value assessment of interventions, impact on coverage decisions and subsequent…
Experts Advise Including Productivity in Value Assessment Frameworks – When Included, It Can Make a Difference
NPC researchers sought to assess if productivity is included in VAF analyses, when included, does it change the value assessment of an intervention, and if including productivity could change health…
New National Alliance Report Encourages Inclusion of Employer-Relevant Elements in Value Assessment
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions' report evaluated existing value frameworks and offers insights on the relationship between value assessment tools and the employer…
A Conversation About Cystic Fibrosis, Caregiving and Innovation
Lisa Yourman, the mother of two adult children living with cystic fibrosis and the Coalition Chair for Action CF, discusses how advances in medicine and technology are making a difference for her…