The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) National Council of Physician and Pharmacist Executives (NCPE) adopted a set of clinical effectiveness measures to assist in evaluating which specialty drug therapies are most beneficial for members. By establishing more consistent measures of relative effectiveness, medical professionals and their patients will benefit from such information when making treatment choices. In addition, the measures will increase the efficiency of evaluating specialty drugs to better assist members in getting access to the most effective medications. ... |