NAMCP Medical Directors Institute releases NAMCP Medical Technologies and Diagnostics Dossier Templates to provide model approach for medical devices or diagnostics

RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) Medical Directors Institute has simultaneously released the NAMCP Medical Technologies Dossier Template^© and the NAMCP Medical Diagnostics Dossier Template^©, which provide medical directors and manufacturers with a dossier template formats for either medical devices or diagnostics that accounts for evidence-based development approaches and unique aspects of each of these technology types (instead of having to attempt to follow drug-based formats that are often not ideal for these types of health technologies).

NAMCP developed this format at the request of its membership because a consistent format for presenting information about medical devices and diagnostics hasn't been made available to the managed care community. In response NAMCP has created this template to be a guide that is succinct, value-focused and reasonable for use without being overly burdensome to all parties. The purpose of this template is to provide medical directors with a guide, developed by a collaboration of medical directors and manufacturers, when creating a dossier for medical technologies or diagnostics to help standardize presentation of medical technology evidence to the managed care community.

Click on one of the following links to access the dossiers in PDF format:

Medical Technologies Dossier – http://www.namcp.org/journals/Medical Technologies Dossier.pdf

Medical Diagnostics Dossier – http://www.namcp.org/journals/Medical Diagnostics Dossier.pdf

NAMCP is nonprofit membership association whose mission to improve patient outcomes by providing educational material, evidence-based tools and resources to medical directors from purchasers, plans and provider systems. NAMCP works with medical directors to identify and strategically position our industry to respond to the various opportunities and challenges on the horizon. They support initiatives empowering medical directors with information they need to make healthcare decisions and promote healthcare quality.

For more information, please contact Will Williams at 804-527-1905 or [email protected].

SOURCE National Association of Managed Care Physicians