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A New Model for Pricing Drugs of Uncertain Efficacy
Goldman, Van Nuys and colleagues propose a three-part pricing (TPP) model that ties prices to value but removes the need to monitor efficacy in each patient. The model creates a tiered system, with prices varying over fixed time intervals.
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Medicare Graduate Medical Education Funding is Not Addressing the Primary Care Shortage: We Need a Radically Different Approach
Schaeffer Initiative experts evaluate the impact of Medicare funding for hospitals, physicians and medical education on specialty selection by new doctors.
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AJMC Names Erin Trish as the 2018 Recipient of the Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award
The award recognizes an individual whose early achievements in managed care demonstrate the potential for making an exceptional long-term contribution in the field.
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Some Blood Pressure Medications May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s, But Not For All Populations
Certain antihypertensive medications may prevent the onset of the disease, but only among black and white women and white men.
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