Today, the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) released a new White Paper on patient-centeredness in alternative payment models (APMs). This White Paper represents 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
Today, the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on how the agency can improve engagement of beneficiaries in health care to generate better care and better health at lower costs. The letter cites PIPC’s recent White Paper, which includes suggestions to promote the infrastructure for meaningful beneficiary engagement throughout the health care system and providing: (a) a voice for patients, (b) choice to patients, and (c) value for patients. Further, the comment letter enumerates targeted steps to address how patient engagement could be applied. Among the recommendations advanced in the letter: (1) CMMI should create a national advisory panel on patient-centeredness to give patients a voice in emerging alternative payment models (APMs); (2) CMMI should prioritize APMs that make patient engagement and informed treatment decision-making accessible; (3) and CMMI should improve upon and promote patient-centered models, such as Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs).
Today, the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) submitted comments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the 21st Century Cures Initiative - an project aimed at accelerating the discovery, development, and delivery of innovative treatments for many diseases that do not currently have treatment options. As health care decision-makers increasingly are adopting comparative effectiveness research (CER)-based evidence and tools, PIPC has advocated for a delivery system that supports informed patient choice from a range of treatment options and explicitly recognizes and incentivizes innovation as an element of patient-centeredness
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