 Over the last few years, I’ve been very outspoken on the need to engage patients and people with disabilities in efforts to define the value of health care. Engagement has become my ministry because, frankly, what we often find is “token” engagement - a pat on the head, with no real impact on policy development and implementation. I thought we were making real progress on engagement in this administration. It seems I was wrong.
Over the last few years, I’ve been very outspoken on the need to engage patients and people with disabilities in efforts to define the value of health care. Engagement has become my ministry because, frankly, what we often find is “token” engagement - a pat on the head, with no real impact on policy development and implementation. I thought we were making real progress on engagement in this administration. It seems I was wrong.
In This Week’s Issue:
1. Tell Congress: Don't Let Medicare Get Between Patients and Their Doctors, click here to send a letter to your Member of Congress. 2. PIPC Poll: Americans Support Patient-Centered Solutions, Oppose Government Determining Value, click here to view the full survey results. 3. The New Era of Informed Consent: Getting to a Reasonable-Patient Standard Through Shared Decision Making, click here to view the article. 4. Designing Successful Bundled Payment Initiatives, click here to view the blog post. 5. When Effectiveness Wins, Everyone Wins: The Mission and Impact of PCORI, click here to view the article. In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Poll: Americans Support Patient-Centered Solutions, Oppose Government Determining Value, click here to view the full survey results. 2. PIPC Patient Access Alert: CMS’ Part B Demonstration, click here for details. 3. Turning the Tide Against Cancer, click here to view policy considerations. 4. CMS to Launch New Primary Care Payment Model, see details below. 5. PCORI Board Chair: Changing the Conversation about Mental Health Research, click here to view the op-ed. 6. How One Doctor Turned to His Patients — Over Pie — to Simplify Medical Advice, click here to view the article. 7. Washington Post: ‘How do you feel?’ Doctors are starting to pay attention to the answer, click here to view the article. 8. PCORI Blog: Supporting Patients' Roles in Their Healthcare Decisions, click here to view the blog post. 9. LAN Consumer and Patient Affinity Group Principles, click here to view the draft. Poll of 2,000 registered voters finds most Americans want to decide the best course of treatment with their doctors and oppose government intervention in medical care as proposed by CMS
In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Patient Access Alert: CMS’ Part B Demonstration, click here for details. 2. LAN Consumer and Patient Affinity Group Principles, click here to view. 3. NHC Webinar: The Patient Voice in Value, click here to view the webcast. 4. Health Affairs April Issue: Patients' & Consumers' Use Of Evidence, click here to view the blog post. 5. Forbes: Value In Healthcare -- Time To Stop Scratching The Surface, click here to view the article. 6. Patient-Centered Diabetes Research Needs Primary Care Perspectives, click here to view the blog post. CMS’ Proposed Use of Comparative and Cost-Effectiveness Standards: What It Means for Patients4/8/2016
On March 8, 2016, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new Part B Drug Payment Model. Among its provisions, the proposal calls for use of comparative effectiveness research (CER) and cost-effectiveness reports as the basis for national Medicare policy, in direct conflict with the patient-centeredness movement. Since its inception, the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) has been strongly opposed to misuse of CER and cost effectiveness in government policies. This proposal appears to have been rushed forward with little or no patient input. The phase involving centralized use of CER and cost-effectiveness begins early in 2017, eventually covering 50% of providers and patients, leaving little time for meaningful patient engagement.
On March 8, 2016, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new Part B Drug Payment Model calling for centralized use of comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness reports as the basis for national Medicare policy. The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) is strongly opposed to the approach outlined by CMS and asks asks all stakeholders to alert Congress to the serious concerns brought on by CMS' proposed Part B Drug Payment Model.
In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Alert on Patient Access! see details below. 2. NHC Webinar: The Patient Voice in Value, click here to view the webcast. 3. Weighing Value and Patient Preference in Cancer Care: NCCN Evidence Blocks, click here to view the article. 4. CMS Seeks Input on Medicare's Value-Based Insurance Design Model, click here to view the article. 5. Rethinking ‘Patient Centricity’: Using Technologies To Distribute Clinical Trial Results Direct To Patient, click here to view the article. 6. GAO Issues Favorable Report on PCORI Financing, click here to view the report. 7. Video: PCORnet Best Kept Secret of a National Treasure, click here to view the video. |
