IVI Comments on CMS’ Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
IVI submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) initial guidance for the implementation of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (Medicare DPNP). We appreciate the opportunity to provide comment on this important issue. Read our full comments here. ### About IVI The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, […]
IVI Co-Authors Manuscript with the RAND Corporation
IVI is pleased to share our recently published manuscript, co-authored with the RAND Corporation, in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. For this manuscript, IVI collaborated with a steering committee and surveyed patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to discover a new method for engaging patients in healthcare valuation using patient-specific goals. The findings indicated that […]
PRESS RELEASE: Health Research Organization Seeks to Improve HTA Practices
Value Blueprint identifies three key attributes to move towards innovation. Alexandria, VA – March 22, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of health technology assessment (HTA) in healthcare, released their Value Blueprint: Prioritized Attributes to Better Define and Measure Innovation in Health […]
PRESS RELEASE: IVI Announces the Appointment of Seven New Patient Advisory Council Members
Alexandria, VA – March 28, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of value assessment in health care, today announced the addition of seven new members to its Patient Advisory Council (PAC): Kelly Barta (Coalition for Skin Diseases), Elridge Proctor, MPA (GO2 Foundation […]
IVI Statement in Response to ICER’s Health Equity Report
The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) has issued the following statement in response to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER)’s recently published white paper, “Advancing Health Technology Assessment Methods that Support Health Equity.” IVI commends some of the practical learnings and supports ICER on the exploration of how “[health technology assessment] HTA can […]
What I Learned About Equity from ChatGPT
By Jennifer Bright, MPA In 2021, the Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) first hosted a webinar series on the implications of health technology assessment (HTA) for health equity, drawing attention to the limitations of data and methods, and the inability to understand the impact of HTA for patients and families already experiencing disparities. Since then, […]
4th Annual IVI Methods Summit
Hear from industry though leaders including CMS, PCORI, researchers, payers, employers, and patient advocates as they come together to provide meaningful dialogue, insight, solutions and continue working toward answering the question: How can we center equity in healthcare? Keynote Speakers: Dora Hughes, Nakela Cook, and Donna Cryer What: 4th Annual IVI Methods Summit: Rewriting the Playbook […]
PRESS RELEASE: Health Equity at Core of Research Organization’s Initiative’s
Alexandria, VA – March 8, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of health technology assessment (HTA) in healthcare, released their Health Equity Initiative (HEI) Update – Synthesis of Cross-Stakeholder Insights. The report is part of IVI’s multi-year Health Equity Initiative, guided […]
PRESS RELEASE: Health Care Research Organization Announces Call for Papers
Alexandria, VA – March 2, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of health technology assessment (HTA) in healthcare, is inviting eligible individuals and research teams to submit innovative ideas addressing questions to advance research to better define, measure, and reward innovations […]
PRESS RELEASE: IVI Receive PCORI Award as Part of Rare Disease Initiative
Alexandria, VA – February 7, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of health technology assessment in healthcare, is announcing their Engaging Patients with Rare Disease in Identifying Meaningful Approaches to CER and Value Assessment launch as part of their Rare Disease […]