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Private Sector Will Be Key Source Of Data To Inform Value-Based Coverage Decisions – Former Merck Exec Spatz

 
• By Gregory Twachtman

New data, not just an analysis of existing data, is needed to achieve the goals of getting the most value out of money spent on health care.

As health care systems move toward more value-based decision-making, there is a great need for generating new data, not just an analysis of data that already exists, former Merck & Co. Inc. executive Ian Spatz said, adding that the private sector will be playing a key role in its development.

“The search for value is the right one,” Spatz, former VP for global health policy for Merck, said in an interview. He is currently senior advisor in the national health...

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