Medicare Advantage, Part II: Influencing CMS Policy

Tune into the second episode in our video series focused on Medicare Advantage. In this segment, Avalere experts and former Center for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) employees Sean Creighton and Tom Kornfield discuss their thoughts on the best ways for health plans to influence CMS decision making, including timing of engagement and critical messaging elements.

Sean Creighton

Medicare Advantage, Part I: The Future of MA

Tune into the first episode in our video series focused on Medicare Advantage. In this segment, Avalere experts and former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) employees, Sean Creighton and Tom Kornfield, discuss the outlook for Medicare Advantage, factors that will influence growth of the program, and a behind-the-scenes look at CMS policymaking considerations.

Shelby Harrington

NCDs, Part II: Evidence Development to Fulfill CED Requirements

Tune into the second episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on the how CMS and Medicare coverage decisions define patient access. In this segment, our experts continue the conversation around national coverage determinations (NCDs)that have coverage with evidence development (CED) requirements, how FDA and CMS’s evidence questions can be complimentary, and the ways in which manufacturer evidence generation plans can address those goals, using the NCD on monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer's disease as an example.

NCDs, Part I: Overview of NCDs, CED, and Potential Access Barriers

Tune into the first episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on how CMS and Medicare coverage decisions define patient access. In this segment, our Market Access experts discuss national coverage determinations (NCDs), specifically those with coverage with evidence development (CED), their impacts to patient access, and considerations for life sciences companies.

NCDs, Part I: Overview of NCDs, CED, and Potential Access Barriers

Tune into the first episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on how CMS and Medicare coverage decisions define patient access. In this segment, our Market Access experts discuss national coverage determinations (NCDs), specifically those with coverage with evidence development (CED), their impacts to patient access, and considerations for life sciences companies.

The Evolving Cell & Gene Therapy Market   

Join Avalere’s panel of market access and policy experts for a discussion on the growing cell and gene therapy (CGT) pipeline, an in-depth look at the unique opportunities and challenges these novel therapies present, and an overview of the many hurdles stakeholders need to navigate for success.

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment, Part II

Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, we welcome leaders from the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) to discuss how HIV state policies have changed in light of advancements in prevention and treatment, and the key to ending the HIV and viral hepatitis epidemics in the US.

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment, Part II

Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, we welcome leaders from the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) to discuss how HIV state policies have changed in light of advancements in prevention and treatment, and the key to ending the HIV and viral hepatitis epidemics in the US.

World AIDS Day: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, we welcome Carl Schmid, Executive Director at the HIV + Hepatitis Policy Institute, to discuss how HIV prevention and treatment policy influence broader health policy issues as we commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1.

World AIDS Day: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, we welcome Carl Schmid, Executive Director at the HIV + Hepatitis Policy Institute, to discuss how HIV prevention and treatment policy influence broader health policy issues as we commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1.

Medicare Part D, Part V: What’s Next for CMMI?

Tune into the fifth and final episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice miniseries focused on Medicare Part D. In this segment, our experts discuss the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and its strategic direction for the coming year, particularly as it relates to the Part D program.

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