Use of value-based contracting for specialty drugs is relatively rare, and payers cite multiple hurdles to rolling out these models, according to a new report. The Pharmaceutical Strategies Group ...

Terri Bernacchi, strategic consultant, audit and risk assessment, CIS, identified value-based contracting (VBC) as a forward-thinking approach for pricing and market needs. She discussed how VBC can ...

Consensus holds that outcome-based contracting is the smart way to go, especially when requirements are well-defined and the customer has a clear vision of its goal. But outcome-based contracting is ...

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As K-12 education faces significant challenges, including declining proficiency rates in math and reading, particularly among underserved populations, there is a growing need for innovative approaches ...

The way drugs and medical devices secure insurance coverage comes down to a series of negotiations. Suppliers of a product or a service typically try to set the highest possible price. Insurers try to ...

The full-court press toward comparative-effectiveness research and results reporting has compelled health plans and insurers to sharpen their focus on incorporating this information into coverage ...

After decades in education, I’ve seen plenty of reforms come and go. But this year, something shifted, something big. Instead of asking how much programs cost, we’ve finally started asking what they ...

Specialty medication prices in the U.S. are out of control. Despite making up about 2% of overall prescription volume, specialty drugs accounted for 53% of total annual pharmacy spending last year — ...

U.S. Department of Defense ethics rules, intended to promote impartiality in handling official duties, state that employees may not do government work on a matter that will affect the financial ...

For well over a decade policymakers have declared the healthcare system is moving towards value-based pricing of services and technologies. However, the movement from volume- to a value-based system ...