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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…
Optimization of Medication Use at Accountable Care Organizations
This study assesses a broad range of factors related to how accountable care organizations optimize medication use and meet financial and quality metrics.
Why Value Framework Assessments Arrive at Different Conclusions: A Multiple Myeloma Case Study
Researchers conducted cross-framework comparisons of multiple myeloma assessments using four value assessment frameworks and examined the consistency of findings across three case studies.
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,"…
Value Assessment Frameworks: Are They Up To The Challenge?
In this article published on the Health Affairs Blog, NPC researchers Dr. Robert Dubois and Kimberly Westrich ask: Are value assessment frameworks ready to compare the health and economic impacts of…
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…
Comparison of Value Framework Assessments for Multiple Myeloma
In this NPC-funded study conducted by the Lewin Group, four existing value assessment frameworks were compared head to head to understand how each framework would approach the same condition,…
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…
Improving Oncology Quality Measurement in Accountable Care: Filling Gaps with Cross-Cutting Measures
According to a study, gaps in the quality measures used by accountable care programs to assess cancer care may obscure problems in care delivery and lead to missed opportunities for improvement of…
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.
Assessing Value: Promise and Pitfalls Conference Summary Report
At NPC's conference, Assessing Value: Promise and Pitfalls, top experts in their fields united to discuss value assessment as it impacts payers, patients, providers and pharmaceutical innovators.
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…
The Central Role of Physician Leadership for Driving Change in Value-Based Care Environments
This case study analyzing accountable care organizations looks at lessons learned from the implementation of the American Medical Group Foundation’s Measure Up/Pressure Down initiative.
Using an Electronic Medication Refill System to Improve Provider Productivity in an Accountable Care Setting
This case study highlights the critical components of Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group's electronic medication refill system that allows for a centralized team to manage all incoming prescription…
Guiding Practices for Patient-Centered Value Assessment
In 2016, NP developed Guiding Practices for Patient-Centered Value Assessment that included 28 specific elements, which are broken out into six key aspects of value assessments: the assessment…