​In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho Discusses Need for Change in Medicare’s Innovation Center in The Washington Post, click here to view the letter to the editor.
2. PIPC White Papers on Increasing Patient Engagement at CMMI and in Value Assessment, click here to view the CMMI White Paper and here to view the value assessment White Paper.
3. PIPC Hosts 7th Annual Forum: Patient Voices, Patient Value: Developing Patient-Centered Solutions, click here for a recap of the event.
4. Califf: Transforming Evidence Generation to Support Health and Health Care Decisions, click here to view the article and here to view the blog post.
5. Stat News: Patient Navigators Can Serve Crucial Roles in Hospitals, click here to view the article.
6. Sign and Share Petition to Give Patients and People Served by Health Systems a Voice in Healthcare, click here to view and sign the petition.  
7. PCORI Allocates $42M for New Research, click here to view the article.  
8. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
9. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
10. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.

.In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC White Papers on Increasing Patient Engagement at CMMI and in Value Assessment, click here to view the CMMI White Paper and here to view the value assessment White Paper.
2. PIPC Hosts 7th Annual Forum: Patient Voices, Patient Value: Developing Patient-Centered Solutions, click here for a recap of the event.
3. CMS BLOG: Improving the Quality of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries by Increasing Patient Engagement, click here to view the blog post.
4. Sign and Share Petition to Give Patients and People Served by Health Systems a Voice in Healthcare, click here to view and sign the petition.  
5. ICER Posts Draft Scoping Document on Treatments for Osteoporosis, click here to view the press release and here to view the draft scoping document.
6. ICER Releases Final Psoriasis Evidence Report and Meeting Summary; NPF Applauds the Report, click here to view the final report and here to view NPF’s press release.
7. CMS Hosting New Webinar Series on Measure Development, click here to register.
8. The Pink Sheet: Patients' View Of Drug Value Is Focus Of Avalere/FasterCures Framework, click here to view the article. (subscription required)
9. The PCORI Blog: Addressing Disparities in Health Outcomes of People With Asthma, click here to view the blog post.   .  
10. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
11. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
12. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.

​In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Forum TODAY! PIPC to release two new reports! Click here for details.
2. Avalere-FasterCures Patient-Perspective Value Framework Draft Released for Public Comment, click here to view the draft and here to submit input.  
3.  Sign and Share Petition to Give Patients and People Served by Health Systems a Voice in Healthcare, click here to view and sign the petition.  
4. Applied Clinical Trials: FDA’s John Whyte Delves Deeper into Patient Centricity, click here to view the article.
5. NPR: Patients Increasingly Influence The Direction Of Medical Research, click here to view the article.
6. ICER Releases Draft Evidence Report on Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis, click here to view the report and here to view the press release.
7. Academy Health Blog: Explaining the Value of Data Sharing: Lessons Learned, click here to view the blog post.
8. Delaware Online: Obamacare Has Many More Provisions Worth Saving, click here to view the article.  
9. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
10. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.