In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. AJMC: Is One Answer Good Enough for All? Defining Value in Healthcare, click here to read the article.
2. Patient EngagementHIT: Why Quality Measures Must Reflect Patient Values, Care Experience, click here to read the article.
3. Upcoming ICER Studies: Prostate Cancer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Cardiovascular Disease, Asthma, Opioid, Hereditary Angioedema, Amyloidosis, click here to provide input.
4. Supporting Wellness: A Survey of Lived Experience and Research Priorities for Depression and Bipolar, click here to take the survey.
5. AcademyHealth Blog: Patient-Centered Approaches: Accepted & Increasingly Expected, click here to read the blog.
6. NYT: This Drug Is Safe and Effective. Wait. Compared With What?
7. CARE About Fibroids Call for Patient Stories: Uterine Fibroids, click here to submit your story.
8. National Meeting on Active Duty and Veteran Women’s Health, see details below.
9. 2018 PCORI Annual Meeting, click here for details.
10. PCORI Peer Review Opportunity, click here to apply.
11. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
12. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
13. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below. 

In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. Joint Letter with 50 Signatures to CMMI Emphasizing Early Patient Engagement in New Payment Models, click here to read the letter. 
2. CVS Launches Program To Exclude New Drugs Deemed Not Cost Effective, click here to read the article.
3. CSC Submits Comment Letter to ICER Regarding Prostate Cancer Treatment, see details below.
4. Other Upcoming ICER Studies: Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Cardiovascular Disease, Asthma, Opioid, Hereditary Angioedema, Amyloidosis, click here to provide input.
5. Supporting Wellness: A Survey of Lived Experience and Research Priorities for Depression and Bipolar, click here to take the survey.
6. CMS Guidance: Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization and Step Therapy for Part B Drugs, see details below.
7. CARE About Fibroids Call for Patient Stories: Uterine Fibroids, click here to submit your story.
8. National Meeting on Active Duty and Veteran Women’s Health, see details below.
9. 2018 PCORI Annual Meeting, click here for details.
10. PCORI Peer Review Opportunity, click here to apply.
11. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
12. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
13. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below. 

In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. Joint Letter with 50 Signatures to CMMI Emphasizing Early Patient Engagement in New Payment Models, click here to read the letter.  
2. PIPC Patient Blog: Our Children Are Worth It, click here to read the blog.
3. National Meeting on Active Duty and Veteran Women’s Health, see details below.
4. Supporting Wellness: A Survey of Lived Experience and Research Priorities for Depression and Bipolar, click here to take the survey.
5. Patient EngagementHIT: Patient-Provider Communication, Education Key for Opioid Prescribing, click here to read the article.
6. The PCORI Blog: PCORI-Funded Projects Aim to Use Telehealth to Address Disparities, click here to read the blog.
7. 2018 PCORI Annual Meeting, click here for details.
8. PCORI Peer Review Opportunity, click here to apply.
9. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
10. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.