Payment Systems

AMCP webinar that reviewed proceedings from this Partnership Forum.

AMCP webinar that reviewed proceedings from this Partnership Forum.

Press Release: Health care stakeholders aiming to advance the concept of value-based care models should start with small, simple initiatives to help ease compliance and legal concerns, suggested attendees of a recent Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Partnership Forum

Press Release: Health information technology (IT) should be the foundation of all business and clinical operations and not a secondary byproduct.

Partnership Forum: Combating rising health care costs and taking advantage of new pharmaceutical innovations to improve patient outcomes, all while lowering the total cost of care, is a challenge in today’s health care system. AMCP brought together thought leaders in September 2018 to discuss the issues and solutions needed on this key issue.

AMCP CEO Blog: A new article in Health Affairs (http://bit.ly/2BQlgo9) highlights the challenges that many health plans and payers face as spending on pharmaceuticals continues to rise. The report, which looked at total health care spending at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC) from 2011 and 2016, found that spending on pharmaceuticals had increased to a full 25% of all dollars spent.

AMCP CEO Blog: By now, it’s virtually an article of faith that the costs of pharmaceuticals are too high (and, by-the-way, so are costs of hospitalizations, MRIs, ambulance rides and many other health care interventions).

Press Release: AMCP Partnership Forum Examines Non-Traditional Payment and Benefit Models for High-Cost Pharmaceuticals

Partnership Forum: New health care innovations are bringing the promise of life changing treatment for specific diseases. It is imperative that financial models for innovative, high-investment medications be developed to maintain patient access. AMCP brought together thought leaders in July 2018 to discuss the issues and solutions needed on this key issue.

Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s (AMCP) has released a consensus document on value-based contracting that includes a key stakeholder definition of VBC along with strategies to implement the innovative payment model.

Press Release: A recent Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy forum of stakeholders representing payers, patients, government, and pharmaceutical companies found broad consensus on critical issues.

Partnership Forum: This forum on Advancing Value-Based Contracting, which took place on June 20-21, 2017, resulted in important consensus on addressing the operational, legal and regulatory changes needed to fully leverage this new payment system for health care.