Welltok’s Smith Discusses SDOH
Welltok Consumer Journey Director Jodi Smith in a recent write up published on Modern Healthcare Executive says payers and providers [...]
Cantrell Highlights Updated AMCP Format
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) CEO Susan Cantrell in a blog post says the AMCP Format 4.1 features new [...]
HIMSS Cancels 2020 Meeting Amid Coronavirus Concerns
In response to recent reports on the coronavirus from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and [...]
ICER Launches New Suite of Interactive Tools
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) recently announced a new set of interactive tools that could serve as [...]
Course Correction in Precision Medicine ‘Urgently Needed,’ Cooper, Paneth Say
"A course correction is urgently needed," Loyola University Medical School's Dr. Richard Cooper and Michigan State University's Nigel Paneth write, [...]
Oscar Health’s $3 Drug List Looks to Boost Adherence, Lower Pricing
In an effort to bolster patients' medication adherence while also reducing drug spending, Oscar Health developed the $3 Drug List. [...]
Advance Registration Deadline for AMCP 2020 Nears
The deadline for advance registration for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's (AMCP) annual meeting in Houston is midnight PST [...]
Using RWD for Rare Diseases
OM1's Kathryn Starzyk, senior director of real-world evidence, in a recent tHEORetically Speaking blog post outlines how real-world data tools [...]
Report: FDA Program Leads to Billions in Price Increases
A program launched in 2006 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) helped ensure the safety and effectiveness of older [...]
Parents Shocked by Price of Children’s Hormone Drug
The parents of an 8-year-old girl were shocked when they discovered the price for a children's hormone blocker cost about [...]
HIMSS, ISPOR Partner to Bolster Membership Value
The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have partnered in a [...]
AHIP: MCO’s Generated $6.5 Billion in Medicaid Savings in 2018
A new report by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) suggests managed care organizations were able to save Medicaid programs roughly [...]
ICER Announces RWE Partnership with Aetion
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) is partnering with Aetion to "generate decision-grade real-world evidence," the drug pricing [...]
Article Highlights Digital Healthcare Ecosystem
HEOR researcher and scientific writer Michele Cleary in the latest Value & Outcomes Spotlight featured article offers expert perspectives on [...]
ICER Signs Multi-Year Deal to Use New Cloud-Based Analytic Platform, hēRo3
Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), a Boston-based health-economics consultancy, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, announced that it had signed a multi-year deal [...]
Wynne Health Group’s LaRosa Talks Drug Pricing Intiatives
Josh LaRosa, policy director at Wynne Health Group, in a new Relentless Health Value podcast highlights a number of drug [...]
COTA White Paper Spotlights Perspectives on RWE
A new white paper from COTA offers unique perspectives on real-world evidence (RWE), including input from Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb [...]
Report Outlines How States Can Act on Drug Spending
A recent report by the Center for American Progress outlines how states can take action to reduce prescription drug spending. [...]
Rosenthal Blasts Health System, Policymakers on Surprise Bills
Journalist and physician Elisabeth Rosenthal in a recent opinion piece published on the New York Times criticizes the health care [...]
MAPS Appoints Dwyer as First Chair of New Committee
The Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) appointed medical affairs consultant Mary Dwyer as the first chair of its Executive Program [...]
ISPOR-FDA Summit 2020 Nears
A joint summit hosted by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [...]
Analysis Suggests ICER’s QALY Approach Violates ADA
A new analysis by the Pioneer Institute, "The Legality of QALY under the ADA," suggests that the Institute for Clinical [...]
MM&M Seeking Idea Pitchers for PitchSlam Events
MM&M is inviting people with a knack for pitching ideas to its upcoming PitchSlam events. The competition is for individuals [...]
AMCP CEO Cantrell Talks Health Care in 2020
Susan Cantrell, CEO of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, in a recent blog post outlines a number of key [...]
NPC Study: Measurement Standards Needed to Assess Direct, Indirect Benefits of Therapies
While therapies capable of mental and physical improvements can see both direct and indirect benefits, measurement standards are necessary to [...]