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The PIPC Blog

PIPC Weekly Update: June 29, 2020

6/29/2020

 
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In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. PIPC Submits Comment Letter to ICER on Draft Evidence Report for NASH, click here to read the letter.
2. Experts and Advocates Oppose Importing Discrimination Through Foreign Reference Pricing, see details below.
3. Cost Assessors Must Consider Novel Value Elements, click here to read the article.
4. Rethinking How We Measure a Drug's 'Value,' click here to read the article.
5. Over 50 Leading Patient Groups Join PIPC Letter on ICER’s COVID-19 Treatment Assessments, see details below.
6. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? See below for more.
7. ICER's QALY-Based Study Topics: Hemophilia A, Sickle Cell Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Bladder Cancer, Opioid Treatments, High Cholesterol, Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease, click here to provide patient input.
8. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
9. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
10. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.  


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PIPC Weekly Update: June 22, 2020

6/22/2020

 
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In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. Experts Agree that Foreign Reference Pricing Has the Potential to Limit Access to Needed Treatments for Patients and People with Disabilities, see details below.
2. Rethinking How We Measure a Drug's 'Value,' click here to read the article.
3. Over 50 Leading Patient Groups Join PIPC Letter on ICER’s COVID-19 Treatment Assessments, see details below.
4. SWHR: ICER’s Value Framework is a Work in Progress for Women’s Health, click here to read the blog post.
5. Accounting for our Differences Matters in Value Assessment, click here to read the article.
6. Value Assessment Organizations Should Learn from the Experts on Patient Engagement, click here to read the blog post, the latest entry in PIPC's series The Data Mine.
7. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? See below for more.
8. ICER's QALY-Based Study Topics: Hemophilia A, Sickle Cell Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Bladder Cancer, Opioid Treatments, High Cholesterol, click here to provide patient input.
9. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
10. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.  


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PIPC Weekly Update: June 15, 2020

6/15/2020

 
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In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. Over 50 Leading Patient Groups Join PIPC Letter on ICER’s COVID-19 Treatment Assessments, see details below.
2. SWHR: ICER’s Value Framework is a Work in Progress for Women’s Health, click here to read the blog post.
3. Accounting for our Differences Matters in Value Assessment, click here to read the article.
4. Value Assessment Organizations Should Learn from the Experts on Patient Engagement, click here to read the blog post, the latest entry in PIPC's series The Data Mine.
5. Traditional Cost-Effectiveness Models Cannot Capture Medicines' Benefits, click here to read the article.
6. IVI: COVID-19 Forces a Reassessment of Measuring Value, click here to read the article.
7. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? See below for more.
8. ICER's QALY-Based Study Topics: Hemophilia A, Sickle Cell Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Bladder Cancer, Opioid Treatments, High Cholesterol, click here to provide patient input.
9. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
10. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.  


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PIPC Weekly Update: June 8, 2020

6/8/2020

 
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In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. Value Assessment Organizations Should Learn from the Experts on Patient Engagement, click here to read the blog post, the latest entry in PIPC's series The Data Mine.
2. Webinar on Protecting Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, click here for more information and to register.
3. Traditional Cost-Effectiveness Models Cannot Capture Medicines' Benefits, click here to read the article.
4. IVI: COVID-19 Forces a Reassessment of Measuring Value, click here to read the article.
5. Key Issues with ICER's Report on COVID-19, click here to read PIPC's one-pager.
6. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? See below for more.
7. ICER's QALY-Based Study Topics: Hemophilia A, Sickle Cell Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Bladder Cancer, Opioid Treatments, click here to provide patient input.
8. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
9. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
10. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below. 


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The Data Mine: Value Assessment Organizations Should Learn from the Experts on Patient Engagement

6/3/2020

 
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​Dr. Steven Pearson, founder and president of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), recently wrote that no clear framework exists to engage patients in medical research. In A proposed framework for patient engagement throughout the broader research enterprise, published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, Dr. Pearson acknowledges that patient engagement is an important component of medical research, but he fails to recognize years of accomplishments in the field. This misleading premise ignores rigorous patient-centered outcomes research and evolving development of evidence-based frameworks for patient engagement.


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PIPC Weekly Update: June 1, 2020

6/1/2020

 
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In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. Webinar on Protecting Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, click here for more information and to register.
2. IVI: COVID-19 Forces a Reassessment of Measuring Value, click here to read the article.
3. The Prior Authorization Process Must be Reformed, click here to read the op-ed.
4. Key Issues with ICER's Report on COVID-19, click here to read PIPC's one-pager.
5. Beware Undervaluing COVID-19 Drugs, click here to read the op-ed.
6. New Survey: Majority of Americans Don't Know Healthcare Rationing Takes Place in Their Own Backyard, click here to read more.
7. Over 60 Leading Patient and Disability Groups Join PIPC in Letter to New ICER VP for Patient Engagement, click here to read the letter.
8. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? See below for more.
9. ICER's QALY-Based Study Topics: Hemophilia A, Sickle Cell Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Bladder Cancer, Opioid Treatments, click here to provide patient input.
10. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
11. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
12. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below. 


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