A Look at How Germany Structures Drug Purchasing
James Robinson in a recent perspective piece published in NEJM looks at how Germany purchases medicines. Germany's system, he writes, [...]
FDA Chief Vows to Permanently Adopt COVID-19 Measures to Accelerate R&D
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn in a recent speech said the agency will work toward permanent adoption [...]
CMS Implements Harsher Penalties for Nursing Homes Amid Pandemic
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servicies (CMS) is implementing stiffer penalties for nursing homes which are repeatedly caught violating [...]
EMA Calls for Transparency, Collaboration in COVID-19 Studies
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is urging transparency and collaboration on COVID-19 studies to facilitate more robust results. "High-quality observational [...]
A Look at Phlow CEO’s Track Record
STAT in a recent report takes a look at the track record of Phlow CEO Eric Edwards, who the Trump [...]
Will Expanded Access to Telehealth Services Stay Put?
While the Trump administration's sweeping reimbursement changes led to expanded telehealth services and access, some are concerned about their longevity, [...]
Putting a Dollar Amount on Human Life
Austin Frakt in a recent article published in the New York Times outlines how governments have tackled the issue of [...]
EMA Reportedly Preparing Q&A Guidance on Big Data
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is reportedly preparing new guidance on the application of EU data rules for secondary use [...]
Article: Health Jobs No Longer Recession Proof
While health care jobs have been generally considered recession-proof, the COVID-19 pandemic is breaking that trend, according to a recent [...]
Article Highlights FDA Decisions that Involved RWE
A recent article published on Aetion looks at three recent decisions by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that included [...]
Aetion Launches FDA Decision Alerts
Aetion announced the launch of a new library of FDA submissions that used real-world data and real-world evidence, the FDA [...]
SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Payers in Risk Corridors Case
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that commercial health plans are owed billions of dollars under the Affordable Care Act's [...]
Report: Providers Can Earn MIPS Credits by Participating in Data-Sharing Program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week urged providers to use a data-sharing program through which they [...]
A Look at Cummings’ Drug Pricing Law
While the Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act would reduce drug prices, The Commonwealth Fund says the impact on [...]
Preparing for a COVID-19 Vaccine
A recent Health Affairs blog post considers the challenges that lie ahead of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The rollout of [...]
AMCP’s Andel Talks Drug Pricing Proposals Ahead of Election
Melissa Andel, Applied Policy vice president of health policy, discussed during an AMCP eLearning Days presentation drug pricing proposals in [...]
Supreme Court Delays Arguments on Arkansas’s PBM Law
The Supreme Court has pushed back arguments in a case involving an Arkansas law that regulates the rates at which [...]
Article Highlights State of HTA
A recent article published in Value & Outcomes Spotlight looks at the health technology assessment (HTA) landscape across the globe. [...]
MedPAC to CMS: Exempt 2020 Data When Calculating Future Benchmarks
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to toss 2020 performance [...]
Opinion: U.S. Health Care System is ‘Engine of Inequality’
The U.S. health care system is an "engine of inequality," professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton write in a recent [...]
How Can Policymakers Act to Beat COVID-19?
A recent blog post published on the Baker Institute Blog looks at how policymakers could better combat the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
Report: BCBS of Michigan Paying Workers to Join COVID-19 Fight
In an effort to ramp up the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is offering [...]
Fauci: Trump ‘Does Listen’
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top coronavirus expert, told JAMA in a recent interview that while President Donald Trump sometimes says [...]
Podcast Dives Into Cost-Sharing Provision of CARES Act
Attorney Doug Aldeen and Quizzify Founder Al Lewis in a Relentless Health Value podcast discuss a cost-sharing provision contained in [...]
Fein Highlights CMS Spending Report
Drug Channels Institute CEO Adam Fein in a recent blog post writes that the latest forecast for National Health Expenditures [...]