Value Assessments
Healthcare stakeholders are looking to third parties to help evaluate the value of new medical products. But defining value is complicated. Read about efforts to assess product value, including Avalere’s initiative to develop a value framework that incorporates the patient perspective.
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Healthcare Among High-Need, High-Cost Beneficiaries in FFS vs. MA
Avalere experts participated in a pre-release panel session, "Healthcare Utilization, Cost, and Quality Among High-Need, High-Cost Beneficiaries in Medicare Fee-for-Service versus Medicare Advantage," that was presented at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research annual conference May 17–20, 2021.
Podcast: Infusing the Patient Perspective into Value Assessment, Part III
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice in our Start Your Day with Avalere series. In the final segment of our series on infusing the patient perspective into value assessment, our experts discuss the Patient Perspective Value Framework (PPVF) developed by Avalere Health and FasterCures, which employs a form of multi-criteria decision analysis to capture value according to patients.
Podcast: Infusing the Patient Perspective into Value Assessment, Part II
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice in our Start Your Day with Avalere series. In this segment, we continue our series on infusing the patient perspective into value assessment with a discussion on the need for a solution to incorporating value drivers outside of traditional endpoints, and introduce a proposed approach to quantify those elements of healthcare value.
Podcast: Infusing the Patient Perspective into Value Assessment, Part I
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice in our Start Your Day with Avalere series. In this segment, our experts kick off a three-part series about patient perspective in value assessment with an overview of value assessments and value frameworks.
Guiding Patients on Care Journeys
In a recent webinar, experts from Avalere and the National Patient Advocate Foundation discussed the value of shared decision-making (SDM) and preparing patients and families for navigating their care journeys.
Webinar: Guiding Patients on Care Journeys: Preparing for Shared Decision-Making
Experts from Avalere and the National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) discussed the value of shared decision-making (SDM) and preparing patients and families for navigating their care journeys.
An Update on the Preparation for Shared Decision-Making Tool for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
Avalere published an abstract in the online Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN).
Avalere Publishes Manuscript on Validating Preparation for Shared Decision-Making Tool for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients
Avalere’s “Preparation for Shared Decision-Making” (PFSDM) tool aims to help patients with advanced breast cancer (ABC) feel prepared to communicate with their clinicians and engage in decision making aligned with their preferences. The validation study confirms the acceptability and usability of the tool for women with ABC.
Adapting and Validating a Tool to Guide People with Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Avalere used a human-centered design approach to adapt a patient-centered tool to help patients prepare to make treatment decisions with their clinicians.
Avalere Publishes Viewpoint on Personalizing Value in Cancer Care
To achieve the goals of value-based care, the patient voice must be incorporated into clinical decision-making by embedding shared decision-making (SDM) as a routine part of clinical practice.
Avalere Releases Recommendations to Drive More Patient Orientation in Value Assessment Methodology
Avalere published a white paper outlining global recommendations to increase the patient centricity of value assessment framework methodology and application.
Testing Proves Usefulness of Avalere Shared Decision-Making Tool to Women with Advanced Breast Cancer
In 2018, Avalere partnered with CancerCare and Gabrielle Rocque, an oncologist at the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine, to develop the Preparation for Shared Decision Making (PFSDM) tool.
Avalere Partners with Leading Providers and Advocacy Groups to Chart Course for SDM in Cancer Care
Despite recognition that providers should implement shared decision making (SDM) as standard practice, integration of SDM into regular care delivery remains elusive.
Alternative Financing Models for Durable Cures
Transformative medicines, like gene and cell therapies, are beginning to be approved in the US, and more are expected to come.
Developing a Shared Decision-Making Tool in Collaboration with Patients and Clinicians
Avalere used a human-centered design approach structured around patient preferences to help guide advanced breast cancer patients.
Avalere Releases Patient-Perspective Value Framework Scoring Methodology Report
Today, Avalere published a technical appendix to the PPVF Version 1.0 methodology report, outlining a quantitative method for incorporating patient preferences into value assessments and healthcare decision making.
Issue Brief: The Promise of Shared Decision-Making in Improving Value in the US Healthcare System
Evidence suggests that shared decision-making can play a role in advancing a value-based care delivery system.
Christie Teigland Contributes to NQF’s Disparities Report
Avalere’s Teigland was selected by the National Quality Forum to participate in the Disparities Standing Committee.
Podcast: Key Differences Within the Patient-Perspective Value Framework
Tune in as our experts discuss the key differences making the the Patient-Perspective Value Framework 1.0 (PPVF) unique compared to value frameworks currently in the market.
Avalere and FasterCures Co-Author Blog Post Featured in Health Affairs
Blog post features key learnings from the Patient-Perspective Value Framework.