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Expert Workshop: Strengthening Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) Through Systematic Analysis, Standardized Design, and Evidence-Based Assessment

September 25, 2013

Moving Forward On Medicaid Reform: Shared Savings In Medicaid, And How To Do It

September 5, 2013, Mark B. McClellan, Keith Fontenot, Sara Bencic, Christine Dang-Vu and Erica Socker,

Special Medical Use: Limited Use for Drugs Developed in an Expedited Manner to Meet an Unmet Medical Need

August 1, 2013

Reducing the Threat of Counterfeit and Unapproved Drugs in Clinical Settings

July 19, 2013

State of Biomedical Innovation Conference

July 16, 2013

Improving Health Care Quality: The Path Forward

June 26, 2013, Mark B. McClellan

The New Health Insurance Marketplaces: A Status Report

June 25, 2013

Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care the Right Way—Through Better, More Person-Centered Care

May 9, 2013, Mark B. McClellan

Innovative Technologies and Nonprescription Medications: Addressing Undertreated Diseases and Conditions through Technology Enabled Self-Care

May 9, 2013

Promoting the Effective Use of a Common Data Model

May 8, 2013

Coverage With Evidence Development for Medicare Beneficiaries

May 2013, Gregory W. Daniel, Erin K. Rubens and Mark B. McClellan

Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform - A Framework for Improving Care and Slowing Health Care Cost Growth

April 2013

Physician Leadership in Payment Reform

April 10, 2013

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Accessing and Communicating Device Information: UDI as a Tool for Improved Patient and Provider Connectivity

March 18, 2013

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) at their heart are about aligning providers’ financial incentives with patients’ needs for better health and lower cost care. Unlike traditional third-party, fee-for-service insurance, which pays more for doing more, the payment models underlying accountable care pay more for achieving better care at lower cost.

March 4, 2013, Mark B. McClellan, Wall Street Journal

Incentives for Change: Addressing the Challenges in Antibacterial Drug Development

February 27, 2013

Payer Involvement in the Sentinel Initiative

February 21, 2013

Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop

January 31, 2013

It’s the biggest expansion of Medicaid in a long time, and the biggest ever in terms of adults covered. Although the federal government is on the hook for most of the cost, Medicaid on the whole is one of the biggest items in state budgets and the fastest growing. So there are some understandable concerns about the financial implications and how implementation would work.

January 28, 2013, Mark B. McClellan, The Associated Press

The steps that I think are most promising are really about changing payment methods to reward providers for better health outcomes.

January 21, 2013, Mark B. McClellan, Financial Times

UDI Expert Workshop #2: Identifying Steps for Implementation and Integration of UDI within Electronic Data Infrastructure of Care Delivery Sites

December 13, 2012

New Policy Directions for Biomedical Innovation

November 19, 2012

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Nonprescription Medications with Conditions of Safe Use as a Novel Solution for Undertreated Diseases or Conditions

November 8, 2012

The Value of Unique Device Identification (UDI) for Health Care Systems and Providers

November 5, 2012

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UDI Expert Workshop #1: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Capturing UDIs in Claims

October 15, 2012