On June 27, CVS Caremark announced partnerships with seven additional Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) to improve pharmacy care and reduce drug spending for beneficiaries enrolled in CVS' SilverScript Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP).
NCQA has released new technical specifications for the 2015 version of Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) to include four new measures, changes to seven measures, the retirement of two measures and minimal changes to various other measures.
In a 5-4 ruling on June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a majority opinion on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., holding that the contraceptive mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) as applied to closely held, for-profit corporations.
In the spring 2014 edition of the Journal of Health Information Management (JHiM), Avalere's Chris Boone published an article addressing modern-day challenges to clinical data registries (CDR).
New analysis from Avalere Health finds that many consumers in exchange plans who receive federal assistance to reduce their monthly premiums will face substantial premium increases unless they switch insurance plans in 2015.
As the medical device industry prepares for the next round of user fee negotiations, manufacturer representatives must consider the importance of FDA's approval process transparency, and regular interactive communication.
A recently-completed Avalere Health survey finds that while 90 percent of pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers are offering cost-sharing assistance to exchange patients, the type of support, generosity and program structure vary widely.
On June 16, MedPAC issued a letter to CMS, advising the agency to make critical changes to its two accountable care organization (ACO) programs-the Pioneer demonstration and Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).
In this week's edition of McKnight's Long-Term Care, Jeff Terkowitz wrote a guest column discussing new payment models, and the opportunities they present for SNFs.
New analysis from Avalere Health finds that average proposed premiums for individual market exchange plans will increase modestly in 2015, based on initial rate filings in nine states.
As the laboratory testing community continues to weather recent policy changes in both regulatory and reimbursement areas - there has been yet another development.
A new analysis from Avalere Health finds that proposed rate increases for 2015 exchange plans in Washington state were lowest among carriers with the smallest share of the 2014 market.
On May 28 WellPoint/Anthem BlueCross BlueShield announced the launch of the WellPoint Cancer Care Quality Program - a new pay-for-adherence initiative which incentivizes physicians to follow certain evidence-based WellPoint Cancer Treatment Pathways.
In a June 2014 analysis, Avalere analyzed 123 silver exchange plan formularies to evaluate tier placement.
On June 2, CMS announced that it will not finalize the Average Manufacture Price (AMP) based Federal Upper Limits (FULs) for reimbursement of multiple source drugs in Medicaid in July 2014, as expected.
On May 30, CMS released results from the March week of ICD-10 acknowledgement testing.
A new analysis from Avalere Health finds that consumers in exchanges receiving federal assistance to reduce their out-of-pocket costs may experience inconsistent reductions in spending depending on the plan they choose.
Many of Avalere's experts are heading north to Canada for ISPOR's 19th Annual International Meeting, where we'll have several panel discussions and poster presentations.
Avalere’s experts will be presenting several posters at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting in San Diego.
On May 23, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision striking down the 340B orphan drug rule that was finalized by the Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA) in July 2013 and took effect Oct. 1, 2013.
