On March 7, 2014, the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) convened a group of its Steering Committee members, along with individuals serving on the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Patient Engagement Advisory Panel (PEAP) and PCORI staff. The purpose of the roundtable was to discuss how PCORI should evaluate its activities against a patient-centered framework using metrics that are most useful to patients.
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In This Week’s Issue:
1. PCORI Seeks Comments on Evaluation Framework, click here for the full PCORI blog, and here to view PIPC’s recommendations. 2. Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease Says MedPAC Recommendations Miss the Mark, Cites PIPC Poll, click here to view the article. 3. The Pink Sheet Daily: Cancer Prices Make Comparative Effectiveness Trials Difficult, Researchers Say, click here for the full article (subscription required). 4. The Buffalo News: Doctors Shouldn't Be Forced to Make Treatment Decisions Based on the Cost, click here to view the op-ed. 5. WSJ: On the Road to Value-Based Care, are the Physician Reimbursement Data a Gold Mine? Click here to view the article. 6. Video: Privacy Concerns Abound for New National Medical Database, click here to view the video. This post was originally published as an op-ed in The Hill.
During a recent meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC, the panel that advises Congress on Medicare policy), proposals put forth could compromise care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries. Of particular concern is applying "least costly alternative" or "comparative effectiveness" standards in Medicare policy, which would shove patients into "one size fits all" Medicare decisions made in Washington. Under this scenario, if federal officials at Medicare decided that one treatment (for example, a drug, device or surgery) is close enough clinically to another treatment, Medicare payment would be set at whichever treatment was cheapest. This post was originally published as an op-ed in The Hill.
During a recent meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC, the panel that advises Congress on Medicare policy), proposals put forth could compromise care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries. Of particular concern is applying "least costly alternative" or "comparative effectiveness" standards in Medicare policy, which would shove patients into "one size fits all" Medicare decisions made in Washington. Under this scenario, if federal officials at Medicare decided that one treatment (for example, a drug, device or surgery) is close enough clinically to another treatment, Medicare payment would be set at whichever treatment was cheapest. In This Week’s Issue:
1. Washington Post: Scientists Embark on Unprecedented Effort to Connect Millions of Patient Medical Records; Big Data Project, click here to view the article. 2. PCORI Blog: Building PCORnet as a Secure Platform for Outcomes Research, click here to view the blog post. 3. Bloomberg: Louis Jacques, Chief Clinical Officer at ADVI, Past Director of the CMS Coverage and Analysis Group, click here to view the full article (subscription required). 4. EHR Intelligence: How Are Federal Policies Changing Reimbursement Strategies?, click here to view the article. In This Week’s Issue:
1. PCORI Blog: On Contracts: Submitting a Responsive Application, click here for the full post. 2. The Pink Sheet: People in the News: PCORI Advisory Groups, click here for the full article. 3. The Pink Sheet Daily: FDA's Temple Pushes Feasibility, Cost-Savings of Large, Simple Trials, click here for the full article, (paid subscription required) 4. The American Prospect: The Most Expensive Health Care in the World, click here for the full article. In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Roundtable on PCORI’s Evaluation Framework, click here to view the meeting summary and recommendations. 2. Forbes: Column: Who Will Own the Future of Healthcare? Click here for the full article. 3. Viewpoint: Is Big Data the New Frontier for Academic-Industry Collaboration? Click here for the full article. 4. Tulsa World: Op-ed: It's the Value, Not the Cost, click here for the full article. 5. Time: Google's Flu Project Shows the Failings of Big Data, click here for the full article. 6. Sanofi Appoints 'Chief Patient Officer,' click here for the full article. |
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