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PIPC Weekly Update - July 25, 2016

7/25/2016

In This Week’s Issue:

Huffington Post: Nothing NICE About ICER, click here to view.
ICER Opens National Call for Proposed Improvements to its Value Assessment Framework, click here to view.
AHRQ: Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families, click here for details.
Joint Commission: Busting the Myths about Engaging Patients and Families in Patient Safety, click here to view.
PCORI Board Approves $153 Million to Support Patient-Centered Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research, click here to view.
AHRQ Toolkit Helps Health Care Organizations and Providers Communicate With Patients and Families When Harm Occurs, click here to view.
PCORI: Multiple Sclerosis Research Network Builds on Patient Input, click here to view.

PIPC Weekly Update - July 18, 2016

7/18/2016

In This Week’s Issue:

Morning Consult: Allowing ICER into Medicare Does Not Achieve Value, click here to view the article.
ICER Opens National Call for Proposed Improvements to its Value Assessment Framework, click here to view the press release
Real Clear Health: Patient Advocates Need to Oppose Anti-Patient Policies, click hereto view the article.
National Review: New Medicare Part B Rules Will Restrict Your Choice of Medication, click here to view the article.
NPC Interview With Donna Cryer, Global Liver Institute, on Assessing the Value of Treatments for Liver Disease, click here to view the interview.
PCORI Awards Nearly $1.2 Million to 22 Projects through Pipeline to Proposal Program, click here to view the press release.

PIPC Patient Blog: Donna Cryer Speaks to Flaws in ICER Framework

7/15/2016

As the foundation of the healthcare policy landscape undergoes a tectonic shift that promises to reward “value” in care rather than “volume” of services, stakeholders of all types have cautiously applauded these changes as needed reforms. Yet, when patients see these principles applied – as is the case with a recent Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model – we can’t help but ask: “value to whom?

Health insurers, public and private, should support the provision of care that taxpayers, employers – people – find valuable to optimizing health. However, all too often payer perspectives don’t align with those of patients, caregivers, and clinicians.

Morning Consult: Allowing ICER into Medicare Does Not Achieve Value

7/15/2016

In an op-ed published in Morning Consult, Donna Cryer, a President and CEO of the Global Liver Institute, a PIPC member, discusses how ICER's payer-focused perspective could harm patients by limiting patient access to medications. "It is unacceptable when payers, instead of patients and providers, use these reports to drive clinical decision-making based on mathematical assessments of so-called 'average value' – although I’ve never met an 'average' patient," she explains. "It is even more frustrating to think that public programs could sidestep patient protections embedded in the Medicare law through a nationwide 'demonstration project' that would allow these assessments to define treatment value."

PIPC Weekly Update - July 11, 2016

7/11/2016

In This Week’s Issue:

President Obama: ‘Health Care is Always Personal,’ click here to view the article.
Op-ed: Medicare Plan Will Hurt Those with Severe Mental Illness, click here to view the article.
PCORI Video: A New Way to Conduct Research, click here to view the video.
The DO: Insights on Entry-Level PCORI Support, click here to view the article.
Expanding the Role of Patients in Setting Research Priorities, click here to view the article.
Video: Marilyn Tavenner Explains Methods of Implementing, Coordinating Quality Measures, click here to view the article.

PIPC Weekly Update - July 6, 2015

7/6/2016

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Provides Recommendations to Senate Finance Committee on Development of Chronic Care Legislation, click here to view the letter.
2. Forbes: We Must Return To Patient-Centered Care, Compensate Physicians For End Of Life Conversations, click here to view the article.
3. Wall Street Journal: Health-Data Donors Aim to Aid Science, click here to view the article.
4. KevinMD Blog: Patient Engagement Is in Search of a Definition, click here to view the blog post.
5. PCORI Blog: A Textbook Example of Patient-Driven Research, click here to view the blog post.
6. University of Maryland: CER and PCOR Summer Institute 2015, see details below

PIPC Weekly Update - July 5, 2016

7/5/2016

In This Week’s Issue:

PIPC Submits Comments to CMS on MACRA, APMs, click here to view the letter.
PIPC Roundtable Summary and Recommendations: Assessing Value to the Patient, click here to view a summary.
Patient Advocates Upset By Value-Based Assessments In Part B Drug Pay Demo, clickhere to view the full article (subscription only).
Wilcox: Healthcare’s War on Costs Is Really a War on Patients, click here to view the article.
Expanding the Role of Patients in Setting Research Priorities, click here to view the article.
AHRQ Dissemination and Implementation Initiative Demonstrates Ongoing Importance of PCOR, click here to view the blog post.
Video: Limitations of ICER's Value Assessment Framework Tool, click here to view the video.

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PIPC Weekly Update - July 25, 2016

PIPC Weekly Update - July 18, 2016

PIPC Patient Blog: Donna Cryer Speaks to Flaws in ICER Framework

Morning Consult: Allowing ICER into Medicare Does Not Achieve Value

PIPC Weekly Update - July 11, 2016

PIPC Weekly Update - July 6, 2015

PIPC Weekly Update - July 5, 2016

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