In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Welcomed Congressional Staff and Expert Panel to Discuss Patient-Centered Health Care, click here to view the presenter’s slides.
2. New York Times: In Congress, Obama’s Health Care Act Is Still a Target, click here to view the full article.
3. Gaston Gazette: Public employers, like private ones, dealing with costs of Obamacare, click here to view the article.
4. PCORI Blog: Meeting Up to Promote Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, click here to view the blog.
5. American Thinker: Patient-Centered Medicine and the Struggle to Survive Obamacare, click here to view the full article.
6. Ortho Spine News: Patient-centered and patient-reported outcomes are primary topic at ACR conference, click here to view the full post.
7. Med Page Today: MS Community Flares Over AHRQ Report, click here to view the full article.
8. The Pink Sheet Daily: Industry Warming To Outcomes-Based Payments For Real Innovation, click here to view the article (subscription required).
9. Health Affairs Blog: Shifting From Depression Screening Alone To Evidence-Based Depression Treatment In ACOs, click here to view the blog.
10. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.

PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho moderated a forum today on Building a Patient-Centered Health System.  At the forum, Congressional staffers discussed their ongoing work in Congress and appreciation for PIPC’s work to keep patients at the center of health care.  Ms. Sue Sheridan provided the audience with an update on the ongoing work of PCORI to engage patients in research.  Dr. Kristin Carman presented the Patient and Family Engagement Roadmap developed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR).  Ms. Sally Okun discussed the work of PatientsLikeMe to connect networks of patients and their recent work on an Open Research Exchange.  And finally, Dr. Tanisha Carino discussed the ongoing work of Avalere to support alternative payment models, and particularly their work on the use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.  ​

In This Week’s Issue:
1. Join PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho on Wednesday, for the 5th Annual PIPC Forum: Building a Patient-Centered Health System, click here to RSVP.  
2. Inside Health Policy: PIPC Comments on MedPAC Consideration of Part B Drug Payment Policy, click here to view the article.   
3. Brookings: What the 2014 Election Results Really Mean for Health Care, click here to view the blog. 
4. NEJM: The Concept of Risk in Comparative-Effectiveness Research, clickhere to view the article. 
5. Modern Healthcare: Comments Sought on Informed Consent in Rules for Comparison Studies, click here to view the article (subscription required).
6. Annals of Family Medicine: Publishing Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, click here to view the article. 
7. PCORnet: In the News: Data Driven Medicine – Informing the Cure, clickhere to view the full post. 
8. IOM: Ethical Review and Oversight Issues in Research Involving Standard of Care Interventions: A Workshop, click here for details. 
9. Health Affairs: Twitter Chat With PCORI, click here for details.  
10. Medical Journal Articles, see details below. 
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below. 

Today, PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho was quoted in a piece by Inside Health Policy regarding Medicare Part B's drug payment policy.  The Congressional commission, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPC), recently discussed support, from a small number of commissioners, for allowing CMS to return to the controversial “least costly alternative” model it used from 2005 to 2010 that MedPAC discussed at its September meeting. “As the Commission moves forward in their deliberations to improve outcomes and reduce costs in the Medicare program, PIPC hopes that MedPAC will pursue policies that activate patients and lead to long-term health improvements, rather than focusing on those that could threaten to jeopardize the nature of the doctor-patient relationship,” said Chairman Coelho.  ​

n This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Comments on MedPAC Consideration of Least Costly Alternative (LCA) Policy, click here to view PIPC’s letter.
2. PIPC Member, NAMI, Comments to PCORI on Proposal for Peer Review of Primary Research and Public Release of Research Findings, click here to view the letter.
3. Brookings, RAND Release Report on APMs in Gastroenterology, click here to view the report.
4. CMS Seeks Nominations for MEDCAC, click here to view the notice.
5. Health Affairs: The Payment Reform Landscape: Benefit And Network Design Strategies To Complement Payment Reform, click here to view the blog.
6. Using Real-World Data for Outcomes Research, Comparative Effectiveness Studies, click here to view the article.
7. Modern Healthcare: Actor Alan Alda advises AAMC attendees on how to talk about medical science, click here to view the article.
8. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
9. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.

In This Week’s Issue:
1. Please Join Us at the PIPC Forum on Nov. 19!  Click here to view the invitation.
2. PIPC Encourages PCORI to Prioritize Patient-Centered Outcomes in Hep C Discussion, click here to view the letter.
3. PIPC Members Participate in PCORI Teleconference on Peer Review Process,” click here to view the presentation slides 
4. PCORI: Proving the Concept: Moving Ahead with PCORnet's First Clinical Trial, click here?to view the blog post.
5. Health Affairs:  A Simple Case Of Chest Pain: Sensitizing Doctors To Patients With Disabilities, click here to view the article. 
6. CQ Health Beat: Drug Industry Group Recommends Quality Measures for ACOs, click here to view the article (subscription required).
7. Wall Street Journal: Accountable Care Organizations Are the Better Future, click here to view the article.
8. The Morning Consult: The Affordable Care Act: Is It Working as Intended? Click here to view the article.
9. AMA Wire: Improve Quality, Avoid Penalties Using Clinical Data Registries, click here to view the post.