The Three Focal Points of Value Based Care
Despite the many advances made in healthcare transparency and improvements in efficiency, cost shifting to Private / Commercial Payers is alive and well. As the most recent report from Nurses United (Nov 2020) illustrates, the Nationwide Average Charge to Cost ratio on Medical Claims is 417% (cont)
Specialty drugs are high-cost prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic conditions like cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, in addition to very rare “Orphan” Diseases (i.e. “Bubble Boy” disease). Specialty drugs often require special handling (cont)
Nearly 20 years ago, one of the founders of the Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) discipline, David Sackett, described EBM this way: “Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. (cont)










