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Symposium: Able to Cure, Able to Pay — Closing the Widening Gap
In Louisiana, significant prevalence of hepatitis C cases and high treatment costs has led the state to turn to an innovative idea – using a Netflix-style subscription model to pay for curative…
Loud and Clear: Key Takeaways from a Webinar on “Amplifying the Patient Voice” in Quality Measurement
In a Feb. 28 webinar from NPC and Discern Health, a group of diverse speakers discussed policy solutions for improving patient-reported measures in oncology value-based programs, along with a white…
NPC in Specialty Pharmacy Times: International Drug Pricing Index Model Could Restrict Innovation, Access
NPC President and CEO Dan Leonard says that CMS's proposal to tie American drug prices to an international pricing index undermines efforts to prioritize value and improve patient outcomes over…
Access to Care: Development of a Medication Access Framework for Quality Measurement
A new framework, developed by the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and supported by the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC), identified seven main areas patients encounter while seeking access to…
NPC on Drug Pricing Analysis in Health Affairs Blog: The Limitations of Data
In response to a recent article published in Health Affairs, NPC Chief Science Officer Robert Dubois, MD, PhD, explores the potential inaccurate conclusions drawn from the study’s narrow analysis of…
Integrating Data for Better Care Management
To accelerate the ability of care management programs to use data to combat rising health care costs, while ensuring patient access to innovative treatments that can improve outcomes, NPC sponsored…
How Can We Elevate the Patient Voice in Value-Based Payment for Oncology?
A new study from the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) and Discern Health sheds new light on progress in making value-based reimbursement mechanisms, like accountable care, patient-centered.
Paying for Cures: Ensuring Patient Access and System Sustainability
One of the most vexing challenges facing the U.S. health care system is how payers and biopharmaceutical innovators can work together to ensure that curative treatments are more broadly accessible to…
Value-Based Agreements May Be More Prevalent Than Assumed
As the US health care system continues to transition from volume to value, NPC/Duke-Margolis research shows that value-based agreements between payers and biopharmaceutical manufacturers may be more…
NPC in Specialty Pharmacy Times: How Can We Advance Progress in Moving from Volume to Value in Health Care?
In his latest column in Specialty Pharmacy Times, NPC President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Leonard explains that rather than trying to score news headlines, what we need is a…
What’s in a Number? It Matters in Health Policy Conversations
A study published in Value in Health by IQVIA and NPC takes a deeper dive on the data sources and methods behind a wide range of prescription medicine spending estimates cited by five different…
Patients on RWE: WIIFM? (What’s In It for Me?)
In an article published in The Patient, NPC and the National Health Council found that while most patients were initially unaware of real-world evidence (RWE) and its actual or potential uses,…
NPC in Chain Drug Review: Let’s Address Health System Improvements in 2019
In his latest column for Chain Drug Review, National Pharmaceutical Council President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Leonard looks deeper into 2019 and explores how we can take a more…
Study: Investment in Treatment for Select Conditions Pays Off
Is increased health spending on medical interventions a good investment? This study explored the question.
Study Finds That Costs Dropped, Outcomes Improved for Major Causes of Death and Illness Between 1995 and 2015
Spending for six of the top seven causes of death and disease over the last 20 years was both cost-effective and improved patient outcomes, according to a study from NPC and RTI Health Solutions…
What Do Consumers Decide to Prioritize in Health Spending?
By Lisabeth Buelt, Research Manager, NPC
In Value Assessment, Additional Voices Bring Much-needed Alternative Perspectives
In an interview published in the Journal of Clinical Pathways, the Innovation and Value Initiative details why value assessment is a critical field in the future of health care, highlights patient…
Personalized Medicine in a World of Value Frameworks
In a commentary published in the Journal of Clinical Pathways, NPC's Dr. Robert W. Dubois explores how to improve value frameworks’ approach to personalized medicine.