


CONSENSUS DEFINITION: Stakeholders should develop a consensus definition of value-based contracts,including contract parameters that will qualify a contract for appropriate protections under federal law and regulation.

GOVERNMENT HEALTH PROGRAM DRUG PRICE REGULATION: CMS should provide reasonable accommodation under Medicaid Best Price and related regulations to allow for thoughtful experimentation with value-based contracts (e.g., to allow “money-back guarantee” or “no charge” contracts without triggering mandatory government price reductions).

ANTI-KICKBACK STATUTE: The Office of the HHS Inspector General should create appropriate safe harbor protections that would allow biopharmaceutical manufacturers to undertake three types of activities in support of value-based contracting: provide data and analytics, make warranties of performance, and supply medication adherence support services and interventions.

FDA & COMMUNICATIONS: The FDA should finalize guidance on pre-approval communications from manufacturers to payers and communications about cost-related data (“health care economic information”). The FDA should also consider issuing guidelines for communication of off-label information that is consistent with approved uses of a drug – for example, information about patient-reported outcomes.



DATA EXCHANGE: The HHS Office of Civil Rights should provide guidance on
exchange of protected health information, in compliance with HIPAA, that is needed to execute value-based contracts.
ANTICIPATING CHALLENGES: Congress should request a National Academy of Medicine study to consider other potentially complementary approaches for financing high-cost, breakthrough therapies.

NEHI LIVE! VALUE-BASED CONTRACTING IN ONCOLOGY: A DISCUSSION ON NEW PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS
This special NEHI Live! on October 26, 2017, explored the prospects for value-based purchasing in oncology. NEHI President and CEO Susan Dentzer moderated the discussion with Claire Brunken, Executive Director of Outcomes Projects for Novartis, and Dr. Michael Sherman, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare.
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