PIPC submitted a comment letter to the Washington Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) highlighting the concerns of patients and people with disabilities related to the PDAB’s potential use of discriminatory cost effectiveness analyses.
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PIPC recently sent a letter to Senator Bill Ferguson and Delegate Adrianne Jones urging Maryland's Legislative Policy Committee to reject the Prescription Drug Affordability Board's (PDAB) proposed Upper Payment Limit (UPL) plan.
PIPC recently submitted comments to the Oregon Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) to avoid using studies that rely on discriminatory metrics such as the Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) that have detrimental implications for access to needed care and treatment. The letter also encourages the Oregon PDAB to include patients and people with disabilities throughout its decision-making process.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published final guidance governing its implementation of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program for 2026-2027. The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) shares the goal of advancing affordability of health care for all patients and people with disabilities.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the prices for the first 10 drugs targeted by the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) shares the goal of advancing affordability of health care for all patients and people with disabilities. It is critical that individuals can both afford and access the treatments prescribed by their physicians.
For over a decade, the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) has championed centering health care on patients and people with disabilities. In this literature review, we offer the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommendations to create a systematic engagement process that goes beyond written comment periods and ad hoc listening sessions.
The Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act would advance the recommendation of the National Council on Disability calling for the bar on use of the quality-adjusted life year (QALY) and similar metrics that discriminate to be extended to all federal programs, including Medicaid.
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