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The PIPC Blog

PIPC Weekly Update: March 25, 2019

3/25/2019

 
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In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. New York: Tell Legislators to Not Allow Use of Discriminatory Cost-Effectiveness Measures, click here for a tool to find your legislator and a template letter.
2. PIPC Chairman Tony Coehlo Writes: Rising Costs Must be Met with Patient-Centered Solutions, click here to read the article.
3. Morning Consult Poll Finds Americans Support Patient-Centered Solutions, click here to read the announcement and the survey results.
4. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? See below for more. 
5. ICER Studies: Cardiovascular Disease, SMA, Depression, MS, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Peanut Allergy, click here to provide patient input.
6. AMA President: Prior Authorization Requirements Hurt Patients, click here to read the article.
7. PCORI Funds Studies on Shared Decision Making, click here to read the article.
8. Review and Comment! IVI Releases New Value Assessment Platform for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy Sequences, see details below.
9. PCORI Advisory Panel Openings, see details below.
10. Submit 2019 Fly-ins, Advocacy Days, and Conferences to Democratic Caucus, click here to submit your events.
11. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
12. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
13. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.  


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PIPC Weekly Update: March 18, 2019

3/18/2019

 
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​In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. PIPC Chairman Tony Coehlo Writes: Rising Costs Must be Met with Patient-Centered Solutions, click here to read the article.
2. Morning Consult Poll Finds Americans Support Patient-Centered Solutions, click here to read the announcement and the survey results.
3. PIPC Joins CancerCare in Encouraging New York State to Reject QALYs, click here to read the letter.
4. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? See below for more. 
5. ICER Studies: Cardiovascular Disease, SMA, Depression, MS, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Peanut Allergy, click here to provide patient input.
6. SWHR Study: Barriers to Care with Women with Endometrosis, click here to read the blog post and click here to read the study.
7. PCORI Blog: Mapping Evidence that Patients Can Use, click here to read the blog post.
8. New Pharmacy Quality Alliance Medication Access Framework for Quality Measurement, click here to read the blog post.
9. Review and Comment! IVI Releases New Value Assessment Platform for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy Sequences, see details below.
10. PCORI Advisory Panel Openings, see details below.
11. Submit 2019 Fly-ins, Advocacy Days, and Conferences to Democratic Caucus, click here to submit your events.
12. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
13. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
14. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below. 


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Americans Support Patient-Centered Solutions Without Government Interference

3/15/2019

 
Poll of 2,001 registered voters finds most Americans want to decide the best course of treatment with their doctors and oppose government use of cost-effectiveness assessments
Today, the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) released a public opinion poll by Morning Consult regarding the use of cost-effectiveness assessments to determine value of coverage and treatment costs. The survey demonstrates that voters resoundingly reject the main tenets of cost-effectiveness analyses with 82 percent of American voters objecting to their use in determining health care coverage and reimbursement decisions. These types of measures, which are often used outside of the U.S. to limit patient access to medicines, have been frequently criticized as discriminatory by patients and persons with disabilities. Increasingly, policymakers and payers have proposed to use these same tools to limit coverage for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.  

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Chairman's Corner: We Must Address Rising Health Care Costs With Patient-Centered Solutions

3/15/2019

 
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This post originally appeared as an op-ed in Morning Consult on March 15, 2019. 

Across the nation, there’s a collective agreement that something must be done by lawmakers and regulators to address the rising cost of health care. As new policies and regulations are designed to meet affordability standards, it is important that patient-centered solutions remain at the forefront. However, that is not what we’re seeing in recent state policies across the nation


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PIPC Weekly Update: March 11, 2019

3/11/2019

 
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In This Week’s Issue:
 
1. PIPC Joins CancerCare in Encouraging New York State to Reject QALYs, click here to read the letter.
2. PIPC Webinar: Value Assessments and Their Impact on Patients, click here to view the webinar.
3. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? Click here to view. 
4. ICER Studies: Cardiovascular Disease, SMA, Depression, MS, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Peanut Allergy, click here to provide patient input.
5. Experts at PCORI Discuss the Evolution of Patient Voices in Healthcare, click here to read the article.
6. PIPC Encourages Senate HELP Committee to Pursue Patient-Centered Approaches to Lower Health Care Costs, click here to read the letter.
7. PCORI Offering Scholarships to Attend its Annual Meeting, see details below.
8. Review and Comment! IVI Releases New Value Assessment Platform for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy Sequences, see details below.
9. PCORI Advisory Panel Openings, see details below.
10. Roundtable Seeks to Create Patient-Centered Quality Measurement Rubric, click here to read a summary.
11. Submit 2019 Fly-ins, Advocacy Days, and Conferences to Democratic Caucus, click here to submit your events.
12. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
13. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
14. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.  


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PIPC Weekly Update: March 4, 2019

3/4/2019

 
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In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Encourages Senate HELP Committee to Pursue Patient-Centered Approaches to Lower Health Care Costs, click here to read the letter.
2. PIPC Webinar: Value Assessments and Their Impact on Patients, click here to view the webinar.
3. The PCORI Blog: Spotlighting Rare Disease Research, click here to read the article.
4. Patient EngagementHIT: Patient Engagement Strategies for Improving Patient Activation, click here to read the article.
5. NYT: Doctors and Racial Bias: Still a Long Way to Go, click here to read the article.
6. PIPC Submits Comment Letter to ICER on International Collaborative to Develop New Methods to Guide Value-Based Pricing of Potential Cures, click here to read the letter.
7. Review and Comment! IVI Releases New Value Assessment Platform for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy Sequences, see details below.
8. PCORI Advisory Panel Openings, see details below.
9. Submit 2019 Fly-ins, Advocacy Days, and Conferences to Democratic Caucus, click here to submit your events.
10. International News: What Happens in Countries Using QALYs and Cost-Based Thresholds to Determine Coverage? Click here to view. 
11. ICER Studies: Cardiovascular Disease, SMA, Depression, MS, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Peanut Allergy, click here to provide patient input.
12. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
13. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
14. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.  


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