Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications

Patients with cancer, many who are older and on Medicare, are finding their medications are becoming unaffordable, Michele McCourt, senior director of the CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation, explained at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable, co-hosted by the Patient Access Network Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

K. Robin Yabroff, PhD, strategic director, Surveillance and Health Services Research Program, American Cancer Society, would like to see more longitudinal studies that can develop more informed policies to alleviate patient financial hardship. Yabroff was speaking at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable co-hosted by the Patient Access Network Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Being proactive about identifying potential financial burdens and preparing patients who have a disease for the costs of their treatment helps to ensure that patients will be adherent to their medication and have the best possible outcomes, according to a panel of providers at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable, co-hosted by the Patient Access Network Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Panel discussion with Gerard F. Anderson, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University; Jenny Bryant of PhRMA; Matt Eyles of AHIP; A. Mark Fendrick, MD, of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design and co-editor in chief of AJMC; Dan Klein of PAN Foundation; and Grant D. Lawless, RPh, MD, FACP, of University of Southern California. The discussion took place at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

A discussion with Jeanne Ireland, advisory board member, District Policy Group and former senior advisor to the Commissioner and Associate Commissioner for Legislation at the FDA, Obama Administration; and The Honorable Dr Phil Gingrey, senior advisor, Drinker Biddle & Reath and District Policy Group and former US Congressman, R-Georgia, 2003-2015. This discussion took place at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Panel discussion moderated by Clifford Goodman, PhD, of The Lewin Group. The discussion took place at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medication, which was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Panel discussion moderated by Clifford Goodman, PhD, of The Lewin Group. The discussion took place at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medication, which was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Research presented by Jalpa A. Doshi, PhD, associate professor of medicine, director, Economic Evaluations Unit, Center for Evidence-based Practice, and director, Value-based Insurance Design Initiatives, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Research presented by Kai Yeung, PharmD, PhD, scientific investigator I, Group Health Research Institute, at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Presentation by Marcia Baker, MS, Ed, director, Corporate Development & Programs, Mended Hearts, Inc, the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Presentation by Andrea Baer, MS, director of Patient Advocacy, Mended Hearts, Inc, at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Work presented by Veena Shankaran, MD, MS, associate professor, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington and associate member, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, at the the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Melissa Thompson, MBA, healthcare strategist and a cancer patient, spoke at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Tricia Neuman, senior vice president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and director of the Foundation’s Program of Medicare Policy, was the guest speaker at the Cost-Sharing Roundtable: Sustainable Strategies for Providing Access to Critical Medications. The event was co-hosted by the PAN Foundation and The American Journal of Managed Care.