By Eric Gascho, Vice President, Policy & Government Affairs The National Health Council (NHC) has a member-driven policy development process, which was just completed for 2019. Our patient advocate members […]
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NHC Publishes White Paper on Overcoming Barriers to Amplify the Patient Voice in Value Assessment
By Dr. Elisabeth Oehrlein, Senior Director, Research & Programs The National Health Council (NHC) published on Monday our latest white paper, A Dialogue on Patient-Centered Value Assessment: Overcoming Barriers to […]
Health-care marketplace confusion — here are all of the facts
There’s Still Time to Get Covered!
By: Theo Smith, NHC Communications Intern The open enrollment period for health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, is underway, ending on December 15. New data […]
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Releases Poll on Attitudes about Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions
By: Eric Gascho, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commissioned a poll of Americans across the country to gather information […]
NPC: Bringing Patient-Centeredness to Quality Measurement in Health Care
The following is an exerpt from a new National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) blog. Quality measures can help payers to reward better care, providers to take action to improve care, and […]
United Against the Flu
By: Theo Smith, NHC Communications Intern Flu season has officially begun. It’s important for everyone, especially people with chronic diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers, to get vaccinated every […]
Getting to Know: Elisabeth M. Oehrlein, PhD, MS, NHC Senior Director, Research and Programs
Getting to Know: ElisABETH M. Oehrlein, PHD, MS, NHC Senior Director, Research and Programs Following is a brief Q&A to get to know Elisabeth Oehrlein, PhD, MS, who joined the […]
Case Study Shows Benefits of Engaging Employees in Health Benefit Design
As open enrollment season for health insurance gets underway, a case study released this week shows that employees who are meaningfully engaged in deliberating and designing their health care benefits […]
NHC Member Spotlight: digi.me
By: Kelly Garrity, NHC Senior Director, Membership Services and Development Having the right data in the right place at the right time is one of the greatest challenges facing most […]