Medicare Could Save an Additional $10 Billion Annually Across 10 Drugs by Using a Therapeutic Reference Pricing Approach in Upcoming Price Negotiations

Value in Health announced the publication of a study showing that United States Medicare could save up to an additional $5-$10 billion dollars annually across 10 drugs if it negotiated prices using a therapeutic reference pricing approach rather than using the statutory ceiling price alone.

Global Medical Device Panel Finds Little Evidence Linking Health Technology Assessment Processes to Medical Device Purchasing Decisions

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced the publication of a systematic literature review showing that there is sparce evidence in the health research literature to link health technology assessment processes and outcomes with device purchasing decisions.

Proposed Drug Pricing Policy Would Save Medicare Between $1 Billion and $2.1 Billion Annually

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, announced the publication of a report that identifies expensive Medicare Part B drugs with low added therapeutic benefit and models a reimbursement policy for them based on domestic reference pricing.

ISPOR’s Value in Health Regional Issues Receives Its First Impact Factor Score

Value in Health Regional Issues, the regionally focused journal of ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), received its first-ever impact factor score this year. Value in Health, one of the top-ranked journals in the HEOR field, maintained its high ranking on the prestigious list.

Expert Panel Publishes Good Practices Recommendations for the Selection, Development, and Modification of Health-Related Performance Outcome Assessments

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, announced the publication of an ISPOR Good Practices Report providing recommendations on performance outcome (PerfO) assessments.

Global Expert Panel Publishes New Guidance on Measurement Comparability Between Methods of Patient Data Collection Recommending Move Away from Additional Testing

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced today the publication of an ISPOR Good Practices Report providing recommendations for assessing the need to demonstrate comparability among ways to collect patient responses.

Global Expert Panel Publishes New Guidance on Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Quantitative Benefit-Risk Assessment

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced the publication of new good practice guidelines for the design, conduct, analysis, and communication of quantitative benefit-risk assessments (qBRA) to support regulatory decision making of medical products.

Global Expert Panel Identifies 5 Areas Where Machine Learning Could Enhance Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of new guidance for health economics and outcomes research and decision makers in the use of an important class of artificial intelligence techniques.

New Research Yields Valuable Evidence Regarding the Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Children

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of a series of articles providing new insights on measuring and valuing children’s health-related quality of life.

Electronic Medical Record-Embedded Clinical Decision Support System for Opioid Prescribing Shows Mixed Outcomes

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of new research showing mixed clinical results of an electronic medical record-embedded clinical decision support system for opioid prescribing.

Health Technology Assessment Around the World: Broadening the Understanding of Cross-Country Differences

Value in Health announced today the publication of a series of articles investigating the use of health technology assessment (HTA) in healthcare decision making across the globe. The series, “HTA Around the World—Influences of Culture, Values, and Institutions,” appears in the January 2020 issue of Value in Health.

Introducing “Health Years in Total:” A Novel Framework for Valuing Health Outcomes in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

Lawrenceville, NJ, USA—January 21, 2020—Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of an article introducing a new framework for valuing health outcomes in cost-effectiveness analyses. This new…

Systematic Collection of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Breast Cancer Care Has a Promising Impact on Patients, Providers, and Care Processes

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced the publication of new research showing that systematic collection of patient-reported outcome measures in breast cancer care has a promising impact on patients, providers, and care processes/systems.