CYNTHIA RICE c Senior Vice President, Advocacy & Policy JDRF - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
CYNTHIA RICE c Senior Vice President, Advocacy & Policy JDRF - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
CYNTHIA RICE c Senior Vice President, Advocacy & Policy JDRF JDRF ADVOCACY UPDATE Presented by: Cynthia Rice, SVP, Advocacy & Policy, JDRF - crice@jdrf.org March 5, 2016 JDRFS MISSION JDRFs Vision and Mission A world without
March 5, 2016
JDRF ADVOCACY UPDATE
Presented by: Cynthia Rice, SVP, Advocacy & Policy, JDRF - crice@jdrf.org
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JDRF’s Vision and Mission
JDRF’S MISSION
VIS ISION
A world without type 1 diabetes
MIS ISSION
Accelerating life- changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat type 1 diabetes and its complications
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JDRF Advances Life-Changing Breakthroughs Through both Research and Advocacy
ADVOCACY
- JDRF invested nearly $2 billion in research since 1970
- Leverages resources from governments, other
foundations
- Influences policy and commercial landscape to
accelerate therapies
JDRF’s Volunteers: A Force on Capitol Hill
ADVOCACY
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ADVOCACY
JDRF Success: Nearly $2.5 Billion T1D Research Funding through Special Diabetes Program
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JDRF Priority: Regulatory Pathways
REGULATORY AGENCIES JDRF IMPACT OUTCOME
- Safe and effective new therapies
available to people with T1D in reasonable time period
- Decide what clinical research can be
carried out
- Approve new therapies for people with
T1D
- Inform decisions, policies that affect T1D
- Help shape regulatory pathways
- Address knowledge gaps
ADVOCACY
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JDRF Success: Artificial Pancreas FDA Pathway
ADVOCACY
- JDRF led process to define FDA pathway
for artificial pancreas studies and product review
- Final guidance issued which reflected
JDRF goals and clinical recommendations
- As results, new systems and components
have been approved and are in development
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JDRF Priority: Health Policy
PAYERS JDRF ROLE OUTCOME
- Timely access to safe, effective, and
affordable new therapies for people with T1D
- Decide what therapies are covered and at
what cost to the individual
- Inform decisions and policies that affect T1D
- Help shape reimbursement landscape
- Address knowledge gaps
ADVOCACY
JDRF Funded Trial to Demonstrate CGM Effectiveness Major Diabetes Clinical Guidelines Include CGM Majority of Private Health Plans Cover CGM for T1D
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JDRF Success: CGM Campaign Achieved Clinical Guidelines and Health Plan Coverage
ADVOCACY “The most important milestone towards getting broad reimbursement for CGM is the …randomized, 450-patient CGM trial by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.”
Action Needed
HEALTH POLICY
- Continuous glucose monitors
- Recommended by clinical guidelines
- Covered by nearly all private plans
- Medicare lags behind
- “Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015”
- CGM Medicare coverage + pathway
for artificial pancreas systems
- S. 804 & H.R. 1427
- As your members of Congress to co-
sponsor at www.jdrf.org/cgm
- Sign up to be an advocate!
- Text “Act” to 53731 or
- Visit booth in lobby or
- Go to www.jdrf.org/advocacy
- Tell us who you know
- Congress
- FDA/CMS/health plans
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ADVOCACY