511 Epidemiologists’ Forecast on Common Activities
A recent New York Times Upshot article offers insight into when hundreds of epidemiologists expect they'll resume 20 common activities [...]
Report: Hospitals Paid CEO Millions While Laying Off Thousands
Despite having received billions in emergency funds through the CARES Act, some of the nation's top hospital systems have been [...]
AMCP Nexus 2020 Registration Opens
Registration for AMCP Nexus 2020, which is set to kick off Oct. 20 in Las Vegas, is now open. AMCP [...]
Article: Where’s the Big Data for COVID-19?
Without a central database of key COVID-19 data, getting a leg up on the virus will prove a significant challenge, [...]
Report Suggests COVID-19 Could Cost Insurers up to $547 Billion
A new report from Wakely, commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), suggests COVID-19 could cost payers between $30 [...]
Cytel Releases New Primer, Ebook on Synthetic Control Arms
Cytel has released a new ebook outlining the use cases and benefits of synthetic control arms in clinical trial settings, [...]
OptumRx: Payers Should Monitor Three Key Drugs
OptumRx in its latest drug pipeline update recommends payers to keep an eye on risdiplam, viltolarsen and trodelvy, FierceHealthcare reports. [...]
Digital Transformation: Shaping the Future of Market Access
In the final part of her series on digital transformation in market access, Dr. Patti Peeples, CEO of HealthEconomics.com, and [...]
Trump Administration Picks Five Companies in Operation Warp Speed
The Trump administration has selected five drugmakers as being most likely to develop a coronavirus vaccine, The New York Times [...]
Cantrell, Connolly Discuss Impact of COVID-19 on Care Delivery
AMCP CEO Susan Cantrell and ACHP President and CEO CeCi Connelly discussed how health care delivery has been impacted by [...]
Houghton St Press Launches New Journal
Houghton St Press recently launched its 10th journal, The Journal of Health Policy and Economics (JOHPEC). The new peer-reviewed journal [...]
Anthem Pledges $2.5 Billion in Aid to Members, Providers
Anthem is offering $2.5 billion in financial aid in an effort to cushion the blow from COVID-19 for customers and [...]
A Look at How Germany Structures Drug Purchasing
James Robinson in a recent perspective piece published in NEJM looks at how Germany purchases medicines. Germany's system, he writes, [...]
RCTs vs. RWE? Why Not Both?
Aetion Co-Founder and President Jeremy Rassen in a recent blog post discusses a new paradigm in which randomized controlled trials [...]
Survey Finds Many Have Delayed Health Services in Response to COVID-19
A recent survey by AMCP and the Alliance of Community Health Plans found that many, in response to the COVID-19 [...]
AHRQ Director Says Data Resources ‘Poised to Inform the Battle Against COVID-19’
The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research's (AHQR) signature data resources could play a key role in the fight against [...]
Health Affairs Editor: Institutions Must Use Power to Fight Racism
Health Affairs Editor Alan Weil in a recent blog post says health care institutions must "use their power to fight [...]
JMCP Series Highlights Pharmacy Reimbursement
The June issue of the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy features a unique series that includes five perspectives [...]
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Cahill: One-Size-Fits-All CEA ‘Not Adequate for Every Medicine’
Vertex Pharmaceuticals VP and head of HEOR Jaime Cahill in a recent Health Affairs blog post says current cost-effectiveness evaluation [...]
NPC Blog Post Reflects on AMCP’s Format
The National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) in a recent blog post reflects on the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's (AMCP) Format [...]
ISPOR Europe 2020 Abstract Submission Deadline is July 8
The deadline for abstract submissions for ISPOR Europe 2020, which is set to kick off Nov. 14 in Milan, Italy, [...]
Free Webinar to Spotlight HTA
The Basel Biometric Society (BBS) and the European Federation of Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (EFSPI) are set to host [...]
Study Finds ‘Extensive’ Financial Relationships Between Medical Associations, Industry
A recent study published in The BMJ suggests there exist "extensive" financial ties between influential medical associations and pharmaceutical and [...]
AMCP Offers Corporate Training
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is offering corporate training in the managed care pharmacy landscape. Training includes in-depth [...]
PMEA 2020 Accepting Entries
The PMEA Awards program is accepting entries for the 2020 event. The deadline for entries is Aug. 27. Set for [...]