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PIPC Weekly Update - October, 27 2014

10/27/2014

In This Week's Issue:
1. PIPC's 5th Annual Forum Nov. 19: Building a Patient-Centered Health System, click here for details and here to RSVP
2. PIPC Attends PCORI Workshop Highlighting HCV Research Questions, click here to view PIPC’s recommendations and here to view the Inside Health Policy article (subscription required).
3. PIPC Member, Alliance for Aging Research, Hosts Webinar on Safe Medication Storage, click here to register.
4. The American Journal of Managed Care: New Guiding Principles for Patient-Centered Care, click here to view the full article.
5. PCORI Updates: Engagement Awards Program, GAO Seeks Nominees for Methodology Committee, click here to view details and click here to view the announcement.
6. OHRP Issues Standard-of-Care Draft Guidance, click here to view the guidance.

PIPC Weekly Update - October, 20 2014

10/20/2014

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Responds To MedPAC Consideration of ‘LCA Policy’ in Medicare Part D, click here to view the letter.
2. PIPC Submits Comments to CMS on Beneficiary Engagement and Incentives, click here to view the letter.
3. Inside Health Policy References PIPC Roundtable on Hepatitis C in Discussion of PCORI Workgroup, click here to view the article (subscription only).
4. Event: Alliance for Aging Research Discussion on “The New Age of Aging”, click here for details.
5. JAMA: The PCORI Perspective on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, click here to view (subscription only).
6. Oncology Blog: ‘Turning the Tide' Working Group Issues Recommendations on Patient-Centered, Value-Based Cancer Care, click here to view the blog and recommendations.
7. Blog: Going PRO – Clinical Trials must Plan to Capture Patient-Reported Outcomes, click here to view the blog.
8. PCORI Blogs: Generating Knowledge from Healthcare Practice; Guiding Research to Improve Healthcare, click here and here.

PIPC Weekly Update - October 14, 2014

10/14/2014

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Chairman Coehlo Publishes Health Affairs Blog, click here to view the blog.
2. PIPC Releases White Paper on ‘Building a Patient-Centered Health System’, click here to view the white paper.
3. Turning the Tide Against Cancer: Actionable Policy Options Aimed at Fostering Patient-Centered Research and Care, click here to view.
4. Inside Health Policy: Consumer Advocates Worry PCORI's Peer-Review Plan Could Delay Access To CER Findings, click here to view the article (subscription required).
5. Focus On Value Turns to Specialty Drugs, click here to view an AJMC article, and here to view a Pink Sheet article.
6. PCORI Blogs, click here to view the blogs.
7. IOM Seeking Nominees for Roundtable on Health Literacy, click here for more information.

Chairman's Corner: A Patient Advocate’s Perspective On Paying For Value

10/9/2014

When patient-centered outcomes research “is used well, it can be a powerful tool in making medical care better informed, without limiting patients’ and providers’ choices.” That was the promise that I, and many others, held out with creation of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) in 2010. Will PCORI achieve this goal? It is increasingly clear that evolving “value-based” payment models in health care, accelerated via the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will play a central role in how that question gets answered

Health Affairs: A Patient Advocate’s Perspective On Paying For Value

10/9/2014

Today, Health Affairs published an opinion piece written by Chairman Coelho to announce the release of PIPC's new White Paper on patient-centeredness in alternative payment models (APMs). Chairman Coelho wrote the op-ed to highlight the importance of building APMs on a foundation of patient-centeredness throughout the healthcare system. This White Paper and Health Affairs opinion represent an important step in PIPC’s discussion of the application of comparative effectiveness research, and should serve as an important tool for policymakers in considering the future of value-based payment models.

PIPC Weekly Update - October 6, 2014

10/6/2014

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Chairman Coelho To Moderate Panel at National Conference on Cancer, click here to register for the conference and here to view the blog post.
2. American Institute for Research: Roadmap for Patient & Family Engagement in Healthcare, click here to download the Roadmap and register for the Tuesday webinar.
3. PCORI Board Approves $102 Million in Support for 46 New Research Projects, Bloomberg Reports, click here for the PCORI press release and here to view the Bloomberg article (subscription required).
4. PCORI: See How Patients, Researchers, and Clinicians Are Working Together to Improve Care and Outcomes, click here to view the full post.
5. MedCity News: This Is Why Clinicians Need to Partner With Patients Instead of Seeing Them as Subjects, click here to view the full article.
6. NEJM: Swimming Against the Current — What Might Work to Reduce Low-Value Care? Click here to view the full article.
7. PCORI: What Our Workshop Participants Are Teaching Us about Patient-Centered Research, click here to view the post.
8. The American Journal of Managed Care: Reforming the Healthcare Delivery System, click here to view the full article.
9. WSJ: Design Power: Patients Play Researchers in Drug Trials, click here to view the article.
10. PCORI at Age Four: What We've Achieved and Where We're Headed, click here to view the full post.
11. Health Affairs Blog: The Payment Reform Landscape: Value-Oriented Payment Jumps, And Yet … Click here to view the full article.
12. PCORI, AHRQ Announce Research Team Selected to Compare Treatments for Uterine Fibroids, click here for the full press release.

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