In This Week’s Issue:
1. PCORI Board of Governors Meeting Today! Advanced Illness, Opioids and Back Pain on Agenda. Click here to comment at 5:15pm
2. IFPA White Paper: The ICER Myth, click here to read the white paper
3. Request for Nominations: PCORI Board of Governors, click here to apply
4. NASHP: Policymakers Weigh Patient-Centered Research into Care Models for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, click here to read the blog.
5. PatientEngagementHIT: CMS Calls for Patient-Centered Data Access in New Agency Initiative, click here to read the article.
6. AHRQ Keeps Working To Reduce Health Disparities, click here to read the article.
7. Webinar: CMS Quality Measures — How They are used and How You Can Be involved, click here to register.
8. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
9. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
10. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.
1. PCORI Board of Governors Meeting Today! Advanced Illness, Opioids and Back Pain on Agenda. Click here to comment at 5:15pm
2. IFPA White Paper: The ICER Myth, click here to read the white paper
3. Request for Nominations: PCORI Board of Governors, click here to apply
4. NASHP: Policymakers Weigh Patient-Centered Research into Care Models for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, click here to read the blog.
5. PatientEngagementHIT: CMS Calls for Patient-Centered Data Access in New Agency Initiative, click here to read the article.
6. AHRQ Keeps Working To Reduce Health Disparities, click here to read the article.
7. Webinar: CMS Quality Measures — How They are used and How You Can Be involved, click here to register.
8. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
9. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
10. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.
1. PCORI Board of Governors Meeting Today! Advanced Illness, Opioids and Back Pain on Agenda.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is convening an in-person meeting of its Board of Governors today. On the agenda, PCORI will consider a new implementation funding announcement concept, new standards from the PCORI Methodology Committee, hear from patient organizations including the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Michael J. Fox Foundation, consider proposed slates for funding (Pragmatic Clinical Studies, Symptom Management for Patients with Advanced Illness, Medication-Assisted Treatment Delivery for Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders Involving Prescription Opioids and/or Heroin, and Optimized Multidisciplinary Treatment Programs for Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain). PCORI will also consider developing a funding announcement for Psychosocial Interventions with Office-Based Opioid Treatment and will consider items related to PCORnet. Click here to view the agenda.
PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho urges stakeholders to consider participating in the comment period at 5:15pm! Click here to register to provide comments, whether in person or by phone.
Event Details:
10:15am-5:45pm
The Wink Hotel
1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
2. IFPA White Paper: The ICER Myth
The Institute for Patient Access (IFPA) has published a white paper outlining the flaws in ICER’s value-based analyses. “Amid widespread debate about pharmaceutical prices, ICER has made a name for itself by generating the unicorn of health care economic analysis: the price at which an innovative drug provides value. The group has come under scrutiny for its methodology and calculations. Critics have also made an issue of ICER’s funding, some of which comes directly from health insurers or from nonprofit foundations supported by health insurers. But perhaps the organization’s biggest drawback is its suggestion that the value of life-altering drugs for individual patients can be lumped into a “one-size-fits-all” calculation. ICER’s “value-based price” is a fallacy, and a dangerous one. In the hands of health plans, these prices can become negotiation tools.” Click here to read the white paper
3. Request for Nominations: PCORI Board of Governors
PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho urges patients, people with disabilities and other stakeholders to take advantage of this great opportunity to nominate candidates for the PCORI Board of Governors! The GAO is accepting nominations for the PCORI Board of Governors. “GAO is accepting nominations in the following categories required in statute: A physician, a nurse, a representative of patients and health care consumers, a representative of private payers, a representative of a state or a federal health program or agency, and a representative of pharmaceutical, device, or diagnostic manufacturers or developers. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.” Click here to apply. Deadline: May 4, 2018.
4. NASHP: Policymakers Weigh Patient-Centered Research into Care Models for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
Jennifer Reck and Olivia Bacon discuss a new patient-centered research approach for adults with serious mental illness. “The National Academy for State Health Policy’s patient-centered research workgroup, made up of state policymakers from a range of agencies, met recently to review these and other new studies addressing SMI and to discuss the potential policy implications of this research. The workgroup recognized the importance of patient-centered research, especially for the SMI population for whom outcome measures such as patient activation, empowerment, and quality of life are critical. While the positive findings on outcomes, such as patient activation, may encourage states to innovate by pursuing federally-funded demonstration projects, other policy decisions involving Medicaid or which services would be covered require a stronger level of evidence, including information on other relevant outcomes.” Click here to read the blog.
5. PatientEngagementHIT: CMS Calls for Patient-Centered Data Access in New Agency Initiative
In an article for PatientEngagementHIT, Sara Heath reports on a new CMS initiative that seeks to enable patient-centered data access. “CMS will be putting patients at the center of healthcare decisions as a part of the Data Driven Patient Care Strategy, an offshoot of the MyHealtheData initiative, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced this week at the 9th annual Health Datapalooza. The Data Driven Patient Care Strategy has a three-pronged approach, Verma explained. First, CMS aims to put the patient at the center of healthcare. Next, the agency will focus on making more health-related data available to patients. CMS will also take an “application programming interface (API)-approach” to improving patient data access.” Click here to read the article.
6. AHRQ Keeps Working To Reduce Health Disparities
Francis Chesley discusses the work of AHRQ’s work in addressing health disparities in AHRQ Views. “...The theme for this year's National Minority Health Month is Partnering for Health Equity. This theme certainly resonates with us. AHRQ's mission not only is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, but also to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure the evidence is understood and used.” Click here to read the article.
7. Webinar: CMS Quality Measures — How They are used and How You Can Be involved
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is hosting a series of webinars that will provide education on quality measures. “We are offering an Introduction to CMS Quality Measures webinar series available to the public. On April 26th, from 1:00 - 2:00 PM, Eastern Time, CMS will host the first of a two-part series that covers an introduction to quality measures, overview of the measure development process, how the public can get involved, and the new Meaningful Measures initiative. If you are unable to attend during that time, the same session will be offered again on May 2nd, from 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Eastern Time. CMS is looking for your feedback and participation in the quality measurement community, so please join us during the webinar to learn what we are doing and how you can be a part of the process!” Clickhere to register.
8. Upcoming Events and Webinars
PCORI Board of Governors Meeting
April 30, 2018
Click here for details
Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science Spring 2018 Meeting
May 2, 2018
Click here for details
Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials Spring 2018 Meeting
May 7, 2018
Click here for details
Webinar: Connecting the Dots in the Real World: A Future Perspective of Real World Evidence
May 8, 2018
Click here for details
NPC @ ISPOR 23rd Annual International Meeting
May 19-23, 2018
Click here for details
NPC @ ISPOR 23rd Annual International Meeting
May 29, 2018
Click here for details
DIA 2018 Global Annual Meeting
June 24-28, 2018
Click here for details.
Examining the Impact of Real-World Evidence on Medical Development: Application
July 17, 2018
Click here for details.
9. Medical Journal Articles
Nursing Research, CER, PICO and PCORI, click here to view.
Comment & Response: Measures of the Burden of Medical Expenses, click here to view.
A New Framework for Patient Engagement in Cancer Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Studies, click here to view.
Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs): Identifying Challenges and Solutions to Support Engagement in Research, click here to view.
Missing Data in Trial-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: An Incomplete Journey, click here to view.
Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin, Stratified by Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, click here to view.
Patient-Centered Recruitment and Retention for a Randomized Controlled Study, click here to view.
Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers, Brand-Name Drug Prices, and Patient Cost Sharing, click here to view.
Frequency and Magnitude of Co-Payments Exceeding Prescription Drug Costs, click here to view.
Factors Contributing to Higher Health Care Spending in the United States Compared With Other High-Income Countries, click here to view.
PCORnet's Collaborative Research Groups, click here to view.
Increasing Uptake of Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Among Stakeholders: Insights from Conference Discussion, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Enhancing Uptake and Use by Patients, Clinicians and Payers, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Requires Competitive Effectiveness, click here to view.
What Parents of Children With Complex Medical Conditions Want Their Child’s Physicians to Understand, click here to view.
PCORnet's Collaborative Research Groups, click here to view.
10. AHRQ Effective Program Updates
Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma, click here to view.
Library of Common Data Definitions: Atrial Fibrillation, click here to view.
Library of Common Data Definitions: Asthma, click here to view.
Patient or Participant Generated Registries, click here to view.
Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease Outcomes and Related Risk Factors, click here to view.
Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews, click here to view.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents, click here to view.
A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems, click here to view.
Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Drug Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease Outcomes and Related Risk Factors, click here to view.
Management of Insomnia Disorder - Consumer and Clinician Summaries, click here to view
Harms of First-Line Depression Treatment in Older Adults, click here to view.
Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current State of the Evidence - Clinician Summary, click here to view.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is convening an in-person meeting of its Board of Governors today. On the agenda, PCORI will consider a new implementation funding announcement concept, new standards from the PCORI Methodology Committee, hear from patient organizations including the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Michael J. Fox Foundation, consider proposed slates for funding (Pragmatic Clinical Studies, Symptom Management for Patients with Advanced Illness, Medication-Assisted Treatment Delivery for Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders Involving Prescription Opioids and/or Heroin, and Optimized Multidisciplinary Treatment Programs for Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain). PCORI will also consider developing a funding announcement for Psychosocial Interventions with Office-Based Opioid Treatment and will consider items related to PCORnet. Click here to view the agenda.
PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho urges stakeholders to consider participating in the comment period at 5:15pm! Click here to register to provide comments, whether in person or by phone.
Event Details:
10:15am-5:45pm
The Wink Hotel
1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
2. IFPA White Paper: The ICER Myth
The Institute for Patient Access (IFPA) has published a white paper outlining the flaws in ICER’s value-based analyses. “Amid widespread debate about pharmaceutical prices, ICER has made a name for itself by generating the unicorn of health care economic analysis: the price at which an innovative drug provides value. The group has come under scrutiny for its methodology and calculations. Critics have also made an issue of ICER’s funding, some of which comes directly from health insurers or from nonprofit foundations supported by health insurers. But perhaps the organization’s biggest drawback is its suggestion that the value of life-altering drugs for individual patients can be lumped into a “one-size-fits-all” calculation. ICER’s “value-based price” is a fallacy, and a dangerous one. In the hands of health plans, these prices can become negotiation tools.” Click here to read the white paper
3. Request for Nominations: PCORI Board of Governors
PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho urges patients, people with disabilities and other stakeholders to take advantage of this great opportunity to nominate candidates for the PCORI Board of Governors! The GAO is accepting nominations for the PCORI Board of Governors. “GAO is accepting nominations in the following categories required in statute: A physician, a nurse, a representative of patients and health care consumers, a representative of private payers, a representative of a state or a federal health program or agency, and a representative of pharmaceutical, device, or diagnostic manufacturers or developers. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission.” Click here to apply. Deadline: May 4, 2018.
4. NASHP: Policymakers Weigh Patient-Centered Research into Care Models for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
Jennifer Reck and Olivia Bacon discuss a new patient-centered research approach for adults with serious mental illness. “The National Academy for State Health Policy’s patient-centered research workgroup, made up of state policymakers from a range of agencies, met recently to review these and other new studies addressing SMI and to discuss the potential policy implications of this research. The workgroup recognized the importance of patient-centered research, especially for the SMI population for whom outcome measures such as patient activation, empowerment, and quality of life are critical. While the positive findings on outcomes, such as patient activation, may encourage states to innovate by pursuing federally-funded demonstration projects, other policy decisions involving Medicaid or which services would be covered require a stronger level of evidence, including information on other relevant outcomes.” Click here to read the blog.
5. PatientEngagementHIT: CMS Calls for Patient-Centered Data Access in New Agency Initiative
In an article for PatientEngagementHIT, Sara Heath reports on a new CMS initiative that seeks to enable patient-centered data access. “CMS will be putting patients at the center of healthcare decisions as a part of the Data Driven Patient Care Strategy, an offshoot of the MyHealtheData initiative, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced this week at the 9th annual Health Datapalooza. The Data Driven Patient Care Strategy has a three-pronged approach, Verma explained. First, CMS aims to put the patient at the center of healthcare. Next, the agency will focus on making more health-related data available to patients. CMS will also take an “application programming interface (API)-approach” to improving patient data access.” Click here to read the article.
6. AHRQ Keeps Working To Reduce Health Disparities
Francis Chesley discusses the work of AHRQ’s work in addressing health disparities in AHRQ Views. “...The theme for this year's National Minority Health Month is Partnering for Health Equity. This theme certainly resonates with us. AHRQ's mission not only is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, but also to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure the evidence is understood and used.” Click here to read the article.
7. Webinar: CMS Quality Measures — How They are used and How You Can Be involved
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is hosting a series of webinars that will provide education on quality measures. “We are offering an Introduction to CMS Quality Measures webinar series available to the public. On April 26th, from 1:00 - 2:00 PM, Eastern Time, CMS will host the first of a two-part series that covers an introduction to quality measures, overview of the measure development process, how the public can get involved, and the new Meaningful Measures initiative. If you are unable to attend during that time, the same session will be offered again on May 2nd, from 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Eastern Time. CMS is looking for your feedback and participation in the quality measurement community, so please join us during the webinar to learn what we are doing and how you can be a part of the process!” Clickhere to register.
8. Upcoming Events and Webinars
PCORI Board of Governors Meeting
April 30, 2018
Click here for details
Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science Spring 2018 Meeting
May 2, 2018
Click here for details
Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials Spring 2018 Meeting
May 7, 2018
Click here for details
Webinar: Connecting the Dots in the Real World: A Future Perspective of Real World Evidence
May 8, 2018
Click here for details
NPC @ ISPOR 23rd Annual International Meeting
May 19-23, 2018
Click here for details
NPC @ ISPOR 23rd Annual International Meeting
May 29, 2018
Click here for details
DIA 2018 Global Annual Meeting
June 24-28, 2018
Click here for details.
Examining the Impact of Real-World Evidence on Medical Development: Application
July 17, 2018
Click here for details.
9. Medical Journal Articles
Nursing Research, CER, PICO and PCORI, click here to view.
Comment & Response: Measures of the Burden of Medical Expenses, click here to view.
A New Framework for Patient Engagement in Cancer Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Studies, click here to view.
Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs): Identifying Challenges and Solutions to Support Engagement in Research, click here to view.
Missing Data in Trial-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: An Incomplete Journey, click here to view.
Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin, Stratified by Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, click here to view.
Patient-Centered Recruitment and Retention for a Randomized Controlled Study, click here to view.
Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers, Brand-Name Drug Prices, and Patient Cost Sharing, click here to view.
Frequency and Magnitude of Co-Payments Exceeding Prescription Drug Costs, click here to view.
Factors Contributing to Higher Health Care Spending in the United States Compared With Other High-Income Countries, click here to view.
PCORnet's Collaborative Research Groups, click here to view.
Increasing Uptake of Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Among Stakeholders: Insights from Conference Discussion, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Enhancing Uptake and Use by Patients, Clinicians and Payers, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Requires Competitive Effectiveness, click here to view.
What Parents of Children With Complex Medical Conditions Want Their Child’s Physicians to Understand, click here to view.
PCORnet's Collaborative Research Groups, click here to view.
10. AHRQ Effective Program Updates
Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma, click here to view.
Library of Common Data Definitions: Atrial Fibrillation, click here to view.
Library of Common Data Definitions: Asthma, click here to view.
Patient or Participant Generated Registries, click here to view.
Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease Outcomes and Related Risk Factors, click here to view.
Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews, click here to view.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents, click here to view.
A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems, click here to view.
Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Drug Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease Outcomes and Related Risk Factors, click here to view.
Management of Insomnia Disorder - Consumer and Clinician Summaries, click here to view
Harms of First-Line Depression Treatment in Older Adults, click here to view.
Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current State of the Evidence - Clinician Summary, click here to view.
