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Virtual surgery. Change in premiums for ACA Marketplace plans. The metaverse and medicine. Brain computer interface. “No shots, no school” in LA.
Month: December 2021
Challenges in Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs Under an HTA Framework
That is a title of a new white paper from FTI Consulting and Alexion. The key findings from the article are: HTA practices are designed to be used for medical technologies and pharmaceuticals that treat commonly-occurring diseases, and are not fit to determine the value of orphan drugs for rare disease, which face unique challenges.…
Teamwork makes the dream work
There is much policy discussion about the need for increased care coordination. AHRQ defines care coordination as “deliberately organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all of the participants concerned with a patient’s care to achieve safer and more effective care.” OECD defines care coordination as “…policies that help create patient-centred care that is…
Give now
Let’s say that you’re a billionaire. Should you donate to charity now or wait until you die and then donate? If you believe in Effective Altruism, this depends on whether the value of your donation is higher now or in the future. One could argue that you should donate now since in the future–assuming progress–people…
Rare Diseases: A Conversation on Value Assessments
Check out an event this Friday, December 10, at 10am EST/7am PST on at The Hill on Rare Diseases: A Conversation on Value Assessments. A summary of the topic and the speaker list are below. One in 10 Americans suffers from a rare disease—that’s 30 million Americans who need access to treatment. According o the NIH,…
Quotation of the Day: Concise writing
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero,
How much more money do male physicians earn vs. female physicians?
Do male physicians earn more than females? And if so, by how much? This is the question posed by a recent paper by Whaley et al. (2021). The authors use data from Doximity, an online professional network for physicians. Doximity includes information for more than 70% of US physicians, including data partnerships with National Plan…
Friday Links
Top health insurers by state. UnitedHealth revenues: $320 billion. Shortages and health care staff elasticity. How to ask useful questions. Physician assistants or physician associates? Is placebo effect getting larger? And for fun: What the Packers did on their bye week.
My ISPOR Europe 2021 Panels
If you are attending the ISPOR Europe 2021 conference, please check out my panels on the following topics: “Addressing Payment Challenges for Alzheimer’s Disease-Modifying Therapies” on December 1, 16:00-17:00 CET with Jakub Hlavka, Howard Thom, and Adrian Towse. “Challenges in Quantifying the Value of Digital Therapeutics” on December 2, 11:00-12:00 CET with Wayne Burton, Megan…