In This Week’s Issue:
1. Wall Street Journal: If Only Health Care Would Focus On This One Thing, click here to view the article. 
2. Modern Healthcare: Hard Work Ahead on Adopting Uniform Quality Measures, click here to view the article. 
3. AHRQ Solicits Public Input on Patient Engagement and Other Quality Measures, click here to view the announcement. 
4. For Physician Quality Measures, CMS Has Received the Message: Simpler is Better, click here to view the article.
5. HealthExec: Study Examines First 6 Rounds of PCORI Funding, click here to view the article. 
6. PCORI Videos: Changing the Conversation on Healthcare Research; Beyond Funding Research, click here and here to view the videos.
7. Medpage: Coalition of Healthcare Leaders Urges 6 Key Reforms, including Patient Engagement, click here to view article.

In This Week’s Issue:
1. LAN: Comment Period Open: Patient Attribution & Financial Benchmarking, see details below.
2. PCORI Invites Applications for Advisory Panels, click here to learn about the review and selection process.
3. The Hill: Drive to Focus Medicare Dollars on Quality-Based Care Nears Goal, click hereto view the article.
4. The New Norm of Patient-Centered Communication: Shared Decision Making, clickhere to view the blog post.
5. ACRO Launches Real World Data Video Series, click here to view the videos.
6. Health Affairs: Patients Are The Sun: The Imperative For Consumer Engagement In Transforming Health Care, click here to view the article.

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Chairman Coelho: Holding Health Systems Accountable for Patient Value, click here to view the full post.
2. National Quality Forum Update on Measure Applications Partnership, click here to view the report to HHS. 
3. Video: Dr Patrick Conway Discusses the Move to Value-Based Care, click here to view the video. 
4. Four Critical Trends Physicians Must Keep Top of Mind in 2016, click here to view the article. 

What's the most important question facing any patient with a life-threatening illness?
​
"Which treatment option is best for me?"

By most accounts, this is a good problem to have; giving patients a range of treatment options, and the ability to make an informed choice about the regimen that most directly aligns with their personal health priorities is fundamental to high-quality, individualized health care. But along with these new methods for treatment come difficult questions. Do I want the more aggressive or conservative therapy? Is my quality of life during treatment more important than returning to work quickly? Which course of action has more tolerable side effects? Can I afford the care I need?

What's the most important question facing any patient with a life-threatening illness?
​
"Which treatment option is best for me?"

By most accounts, this is a good problem to have; giving patients a range of treatment options, and the ability to make an informed choice about the regimen that most directly aligns with their personal health priorities is fundamental to high-quality, individualized health care. But along with these new methods for treatment come difficult questions. Do I want the more aggressive or conservative therapy? Is my quality of life during treatment more important than returning to work quickly? Which course of action has more tolerable side effects? Can I afford the care I need?

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Comments on Bipartisan Chronic Care Work Group Policy Options Document, click here to view the letter.
2. Video: PIPC and Avalere Hold Webinar on Alternative Payment Models (APMs), clickhere to view an archived webcast of the webinar.
3. GAO Invites MedPAC Nominations (Due: March 9), click here for additional information on how to apply.
4. PCORI Board Approves $70 Million for New Patient-Centered Research Studies, clickhere to view the press release.
5. Patient-Reported Outcomes: Engaging Patients As Partners For Better Pharmacovigilance Practices, click here to view the article.
6. Experts Share Concepts of Quality Measures and Pay-for-Performance With Hematologists, click here to view the article.