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Health Care Reform — Where Do We Go from Here?

"Interpreting Hazards: The Increasing Importance of "Antidote to Anecdote" in Managed Care" by Fairman et al

"Is "Value-Based" Value Wasted? Examining Value-Based Insurance Designs Through the Lens of Cost-Effectiveness" by Melnick et al

58% of Surgeries Performed in Hospitals are Outpatient, According to AHRQ/HCUP survey.

AHRQ Introduces New Online Technical Tutorial Series With First Module on HCUP Sample Design

Doctors Face 21% Cut In Medicare Payments.

AMCP Issues Summary of White House Health Care Reform Summit

Maximus To Continue Reviewing Medicare Part D Plan Coverage Determinations

Pharmacoeconomics to Get Bigger Budgets, According to Preliminary Survey Results (Source=Marketwire)

Healthcare Rationing by Proxy: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and the Misuse of the $50,000 Threshold in the US by Bridges et al.

The AMCP Format for Formulary Submissions, Version 3.0

Statistical Data Resources from AMCP for benchmarking in managed care

UnitedHealthcare has launched an innovative program that offers $20 discounts off certain prescription drug co-payments

Healthcare Technology News: National Health Expenditures Top 17% of GDP

UnitedHealthcare Creates Adult National Cancer Care Registry with Data and Analysis to Support Oncologists in the Fight against Cancer

Novartis’s Afinitor Cancer Drug Rejected by U.K. Cost Agency

NEJM: “Giving Teeth to Comparative-Effectiveness Research — The Oregon Experience” by Saha et al.

Oncology Innovative Pricing deal with NICE on lung cancer drug

“Medication Adherence and Enrollment in a Consumer-Driven Health Plan” by Chen,

FDA News: NICE Outlines Appeals Process for Drug Determinations

IBI: More Than Health Promotion: How Employers Manage Health and Productivity

PR Hub: NICE Recommends Approval of New Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Treatment Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol) With First of its Kind RA Patient Access Scheme

Healthcare Technology News: Privacy Survey - In Providers We Trust

NEJM article: ‘ Uncomfortable Arithmetic — Whom to Cover versus What to Cover’ by K. Baicker and A. Chandra

NEJM article: ‘ “Play-or-Pay” Insurance Reforms for Employers — Confusion and Inequity’ by B. Herring and M.V. Pauly

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination: Cost-effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity: a modelling study

Do Health Politicians Really Listen to Health Economists? Observations from Europe by Mittendorf et al.

The Hospitalist: Evidence-Based Medicine Curveball

Health Care Reform and the Need for Comparative-Effectiveness Research

January 2010 Newsletter and Eisenberg Conference Series 2009 Are Now Available

Disease Management Care Blog: 10 Predictions for the Next Decade

Managed Care Vendor Sales Insight Article: Blue Cross Plans Join Initiative To Increase Transparency

Conference: Patient Experience and Patient Safety Culture, April 19-21

Funny Pharmacy Videos. These are Hysterical! Particularly "The PharmG's - Boom Intervention" Rap



productivity assessment

Cost of mental illness
Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Based on a study by Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, Harvard University using data from 4,982 respondents from the 2002 NCS-R. (Source: Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, Health Resources Publishing's "Employee Assistance Program Management Letter." © 2009)
H & P Snapshot (Health & Productivity Snapshot) from IBI
Reports showcase expected workforce health conditions (treated and untreated), health status, absence, lost time from presenteeism (health-related inability to function at full capacity while at work), lost productivity and ultimate business impact from various disease states or medical/business scenarios.
Health & Productivity Snapshot Measurement Tool from IBI
Models how chronic health conditions may influence absence, presenteeism and related lost-productivity based on a few simple data elements.
Health Risk Reduction Programs in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans: Part I - Efficacy
Rothstein, Mark A., Health Risk Reduction Programs in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans: Part I - Efficacy (September, 18 2009). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 51, No. 8, August 2009.
HPQ-Select Measurement Tool
The “HPQ-Select” is an employee self-reporting tool that captures employee-reported data on health conditions, absence, presenteeism and health-related lost productivity. The tool simplifies the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) that was developed by Dr. Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medical School and the World Health Organization, and provides a more employer-focused outcome report. IBI developed the HPQ-Select in partnership with Dr. Kessler and the Midwest Business Group on Health.
IBI OCCUPATION-SPECIFIC LOST PRODUCTIVITY CALCULATOR
IBI has launched the Occupation-specific Lost Productivity Calculator, a proprietary online tool that measures the lost-productivity impact of lost work days for a specific occupation group. It is available to IBI members only and is free of charge. No-cost one-year memberships are available to employers and supplier members can sponsor employers at no additional cost.
Lost Productivity calculators from IBI
Three new productivity loss calculators: 1) company-wide, 2) Ocupation specific, and 3) Claimant lost productivity calculators from IBI. (Source: IBI, October 2009)
More Than Health Promotion: How Employers Manage Health and Productivity
IBI, Integrated Benefits Institute, surveyed 450 employers to detail the prevalence of health and productivity management (HPM) efforts and interventions, employers' plans over the next two years, goals for these programs, the measurements used to assess key program outcomes and their view of how well HPM initiatives are meeting their desired goals.
Overview/Access to IBI Benchmarking for 2007
H & P Snapshot (Health & Productivity Snapshot) from IBI; Reports showcase expected workforce health conditions (treated and untreated), health status, absence, lost time from presenteeism (health-related inability to function at full capacity while at work), lost productivity and ultimate business impact from various disease states or medical/business scenarios. (Source: IBI, Dec. 2009)




 

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