Value viewpoint – recent developments in US health care value and access with Kimberly Westrich: September–October 2023

In this new regular column on The Evidence Base, Kimberly Westrich (Director, Value and Access Strategy, Cencora) provides a recap of the latest developments in the ever-evolving landscape of value and access in US health care. What happened over these months that you were expecting? On September 25, 2023, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) published its updated Value Assessment Framework (VAF), which provided detailed information about the technical methods and assessment process ICER uses to inform its Evidence Reports. The updated VAF will inform ICER’s Evidence Reports launched after October 2023. Although the updated framework largely resembles ICER’s...