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FDA Final Guidance on Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures: Use in Medical Product Development to Support Labeling Claims Employers plan to shift more health-care costs to workers, survey reports By David S. Hilzenrath Characteristics of Published Comparative Effectiveness Studies of Medication by Michael Hochman, MD; Danny McCormick, MD, MPH International survey on willingness-to-pay (WTP) for one additional QALY gained: what is the threshold of cost effectiveness? Health Care Reform — Where Do We Go from Here? "Interpreting Hazards: The Increasing Importance of "Antidote to Anecdote" in Managed Care" by Fairman et al "Is "Value-Based" Value Wasted? Examining Value-Based Insurance Designs Through the Lens of Cost-Effectiveness" by Melnick et al 58% of Surgeries Performed in Hospitals are Outpatient, According to AHRQ/HCUP survey. AHRQ Introduces New Online Technical Tutorial Series With First Module on HCUP Sample Design Doctors Face 21% Cut In Medicare Payments. AMCP Issues Summary of White House Health Care Reform Summit Maximus To Continue Reviewing Medicare Part D Plan Coverage Determinations Pharmacoeconomics to Get Bigger Budgets, According to Preliminary Survey Results (Source=Marketwire) Healthcare Rationing by Proxy: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and the Misuse of the $50,000 Threshold in the US by Bridges et al. The AMCP Format for Formulary Submissions, Version 3.0 Statistical Data Resources from AMCP for benchmarking in managed care UnitedHealthcare has launched an innovative program that offers $20 discounts off certain prescription drug co-payments Healthcare Technology News: National Health Expenditures Top 17% of GDP UnitedHealthcare Creates Adult National Cancer Care Registry with Data and Analysis to Support Oncologists in the Fight against Cancer Novartis’s Afinitor Cancer Drug Rejected by U.K. Cost Agency NEJM: “Giving Teeth to Comparative-Effectiveness Research — The Oregon Experience” by Saha et al. Oncology Innovative Pricing deal with NICE on lung cancer drug “Medication Adherence and Enrollment in a Consumer-Driven Health Plan” by Chen, FDA News: NICE Outlines Appeals Process for Drug Determinations IBI: More Than Health Promotion: How Employers Manage Health and Productivity PR Hub: NICE Recommends Approval of New Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Treatment Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol) With First of its Kind RA Patient Access Scheme Healthcare Technology News: Privacy Survey - In Providers We Trust NEJM article: ‘ Uncomfortable Arithmetic — Whom to Cover versus What to Cover’ by K. Baicker and A. Chandra NEJM article: ‘ “Play-or-Pay” Insurance Reforms for Employers — Confusion and Inequity’ by B. Herring and M.V. Pauly Centre for Reviews and Dissemination: Cost-effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity: a modelling study Do Health Politicians Really Listen to Health Economists? Observations from Europe by Mittendorf et al. The Hospitalist: Evidence-Based Medicine Curveball Health Care Reform and the Need for Comparative-Effectiveness Research January 2010 Newsletter and Eisenberg Conference Series 2009 Are Now Available Disease Management Care Blog: 10 Predictions for the Next Decade Managed Care Vendor Sales Insight Article: Blue Cross Plans Join Initiative To Increase Transparency Conference: Patient Experience and Patient Safety Culture, April 19-21 Funny Pharmacy Videos. These are Hysterical! Particularly "The PharmG's - Boom Intervention" Rap
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