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From NCE to NICE: the role of Pharmacoeconomics

What Is the Price Benchmark to Replace Average Wholesale Price (AWP)?

NICE announces development of further Quality Standards

Avastin patient access scheme too complicated, says NICE

Comparative Effectiveness—of What? Evaluating Strategies to Improve Population Health

Market access and patient access schemes

Market access: Risk sharing and alternative pricing schemes

US breast cancer drug decision 'marks start of death panels'

Medical Affairs at the centre of life sciences innovation

Rising Burden of Diseases Drives the Pharmaceutical Industry in East Africa Says Frost & Sullivan

Is Health Care Special?

CRD international register of ongoing systematic reviews

Hospitals Should Plan Now for Value-Based Purchasing, Which May Be a Game-Changer

Comparative Effectiveness Research

Health care and revenue competition in Britain

Literature Review Examines Value of Managed Care Pharmacy Tools

Compelling Evidence Regarding Effectiveness Of Managed Care Pharmacy Tools In Achieving Intended Outcomes

IBM, Aetna roll out cloud-based clinical decision support system

Health Economics Spending Increases 45% in Emerging Markets, 8% in the US

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announces new NHS ‘quality standards’

PharmaNet, Abacus ally on ‘real world' research

The Impact of Employer Health and Productivity Management Practices

NICE ‘yes’ in 80% of treatment appraisals

Providers Have Won Majority of RAC Claims Denials They Have Appealed

Study examines UK’s NICE as model producer of HTA

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announces new NHS ‘quality standards’

Government kicks off consultation on outcomes framework

Will More Insurers Control Health Care Costs Better?

Will Janssen-Cilag's ADHD YouTube Video Go Viral and Win an Award?

Reimbursement by Distributors

Growing application of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research in health-care decision-making in the Asia-Pacific region.Yang BM, Lee K. Value Health. 2009 Nov-Dec;12 Suppl 3:S1-2.

Value-based Pricing to be Introduced to the UK Pharma Industry by 2014

Disclosing Industry Relationships — Toward an Improved Federal Research Policy

Pharmacoeconomics: friend or foe?

NHS reform – a bold vision or a dangerous gamble?

GSK's Coverup of Avandia's Heart Risk Data: Is This How the Entire Industry Views Its Repsonsibility to Patients?

Oncology drug price cuts announced in Italy related to perfomance based schemes

US And European Prices Aren’t So Different After All

Grand challenges in pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes

White Paper: An Economic Assessment of the Relationship between Price Regulation and Incentives to Innovate in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Clarifying Sources of Geographic Differences in Medicare Spending

Is The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Reports Being Evaluated? by Rebecca Singer Cohen Rebecca Singer Cohen View Author Bio and Bryan Luce

Biosimilars’ Price Dynamic in Europe, Dr Matthias Liefner of Simon Kucher and Partners.

AQoL Website - Centre for Health Economics, Monash University

“How To Negotiate Salary”, a submitted article by Bill Cebak - Founder / Headhunter Global HEOR, Market Access and Medical Communications Practice since 1993

AMCP eDossier System: A Partnership that Works! AMCP News June 2010

Dartmouth Atlas: A Response to Its Researchers

D2 Review : APHA and AMCP introduce MTM Connections a fantastic site for new professional opportunities

Including Pregnant Women in Clinical Research Called ‘Imperative’

Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives

Spending More on Drugs Doesn’t Mean Spending Less On Other Care

Trendspotter: Consumer Survey Shows Opposition to Evidence-Based Medicine

Patient Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE)

Former CMS Official’s Off-Label Work May Help Reform Law’s CER Center

Patient-reported outcome measures in the NHS: new methods for analysing and reporting EQ-5D data

Integrated Health Ecosystem Key to Creating Better Health Outcomes and Managing Costs for Employers and Health Plans

The Health Care Economy: New Questions About Costs, Quality And Care

The Amazing Maze of US Health Care

Universal Healthcare Myths | New Health Care Bill Facts

Pricing, profits and pharmacoeconomics - for whose benefit?

Symposium on Research Methods for Clinical and Comparative Effectiveness Studies – Part II

France, Italy announce drug pricing cuts

"AMCP Launches Health Care Reform Implementation Web Page"

2010 Lecture: US Health Care Reform

Biosimilars: Issues Overview

AZ's fixed-price deal on Iressa gets NICE nod

Transforming Trial Results Into Practice Change: The Final Translational Hurdle

Obama’s New Health Rationer-in-Chief

NICE to move to value-based pricing?

Reimbursement of New High Cost Drugs – Deal or No Deal! by:Michael Barry MD, PhD, FRCPI, 2009-2010 ISPOR President and Clinical Director National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

UK Government Wants To Revamp Drug Watch Dog NICE

New FDA Campaign Targets Detailing, Trade Shows

Advances in technology highlight need of Pharmacoeconomics in managing healthcare: Dr Rajesh Balakrishnan

RFP for 2011 IBI/NBCH Health & Productivity Forum

Funny Pharmacy Videos. These are Hysterical! Particularly "The PharmG's - Boom Intervention" Rap



productivity assessment

Bias, Credibility and Quality in Economic Evaluations
Advisory Panel Report from ISPOR
Chronic Health, Treatment and Lost Time
This Quick Study by IBI examines the impact of chronic conditions and co-morbidity on lost work time. The study found that for the 90% of employees in the study sample with at least one of 27 chronic conditions, just one-third currently receive treatment, which increases the indirect costs associated with the condition. (Source: IBI - Integrated Benefits Institute, February 2010)
Cost of mental illness
Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Based on a study by Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, Harvard University using data from 4,982 respondents from the 2002 NCS-R. (Source: Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, Health Resources Publishing's "Employee Assistance Program Management Letter." © 2009)
Employers plan to shift more health-care costs to workers, survey reports By David S. Hilzenrath
Most big employers plan to shift a larger share of health-care costs to their workers next year, according to a survey released Thursday. Many say they may charge more to cover spouses, tighten eligibility standards for their health plans and dispense financial rewards or penalties based on the results of certain lab tests. At some companies, overweight employees could be excluded from the most desirable plans. (Source: The Washington Post, March 12, 2010)
H & P Snapshot (Health & Productivity Snapshot) from IBI
Reports showcase expected workforce health conditions (treated and untreated), health status, absence, lost time from presenteeism (health-related inability to function at full capacity while at work), lost productivity and ultimate business impact from various disease states or medical/business scenarios.
Health & Productivity Snapshot Measurement Tool from IBI
Models how chronic health conditions may influence absence, presenteeism and related lost-productivity based on a few simple data elements.
Health Decision Strategies, LLC
Provides software and online tools for disease management programs, patient and healthcare provider education programs, healthcare administrator programs and health outcomes assessment programs. Link to a number of online calculators for cost effectiveness research
Health Risk Reduction Programs in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans: Part I - Efficacy
Rothstein, Mark A., Health Risk Reduction Programs in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans: Part I - Efficacy (September, 18 2009). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 51, No. 8, August 2009.
HPQ-Select Measurement Tool
The “HPQ-Select” is an employee self-reporting tool that captures employee-reported data on health conditions, absence, presenteeism and health-related lost productivity. The tool simplifies the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) that was developed by Dr. Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medical School and the World Health Organization, and provides a more employer-focused outcome report. IBI developed the HPQ-Select in partnership with Dr. Kessler and the Midwest Business Group on Health.
IBI OCCUPATION-SPECIFIC LOST PRODUCTIVITY CALCULATOR
IBI has launched the Occupation-specific Lost Productivity Calculator, a proprietary online tool that measures the lost-productivity impact of lost work days for a specific occupation group. It is available to IBI members only and is free of charge. No-cost one-year memberships are available to employers and supplier members can sponsor employers at no additional cost.
Lost Productivity calculators from IBI
Three new productivity loss calculators: 1) company-wide, 2) Ocupation specific, and 3) Claimant lost productivity calculators from IBI. (Source: IBI, October 2009)
More than Health Promotion - How Employers Manage Health and Productivity
IBI surveyed 450 employers to detail the prevalence of HPM and disability interventions, employers’ expansion plans, program goals, assessment measurements, and employers’ views of how well HPM initiatives are meeting their desired goals.
More Than Health Promotion: How Employers Manage Health and Productivity
IBI, Integrated Benefits Institute, surveyed 450 employers to detail the prevalence of health and productivity management (HPM) efforts and interventions, employers' plans over the next two years, goals for these programs, the measurements used to assess key program outcomes and their view of how well HPM initiatives are meeting their desired goals.
Overview/Access to IBI Benchmarking for 2007
H & P Snapshot (Health & Productivity Snapshot) from IBI; Reports showcase expected workforce health conditions (treated and untreated), health status, absence, lost time from presenteeism (health-related inability to function at full capacity while at work), lost productivity and ultimate business impact from various disease states or medical/business scenarios. (Source: IBI, Dec. 2009)




 

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