Jan 22, 2021
In the summer of 2019, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) hosted a public meeting to discuss its value assessments of new treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. For patient advocates and others who follow ICER, the events of that day have...
Jul 18, 2019
Any parent of a child can tell you: there’s nothing more frightening than an allergy attack. One in 10 Americans live with a food allergy. Peanut allergies are not only one of the most common food allergies, but it’s also one of the most severe. Even the slightest...
Jul 11, 2019
You’ve probably never heard of it, but the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review is one of the most powerful players in healthcare. It works with insurance companies to evaluate healthcare using a math formula. By reducing every patient to a dollar amount,...
Jun 26, 2019
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review and its controversial “one-size-fits-all” value framework are a direct threat to rare disease patients, an independent report warns. In its newly-released report, “Looming Challenges for ICER in Assessing the Value of...
Jun 12, 2019
Patients living with migraine understand the importance of working with their care providers to find the right treatment. “It’s not just a headache,” Terry Wilcox, executive director of Patients Rising, a non-profit that advocates on behalf of all patients, echoes the...
