Navigating health technology assessment

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, health technology assessment (HTA) provides the systematic and multidisciplinary evaluation necessary for policymakers, payers, and healthcare providers to make informed choices about the reimbursement and regulation of health interventions. At YHEC, we empower all stakeholders to navigate this process.

We provide comprehensive, strategic, and hands-on support to industry clients to prepare robust evidence submission packages. We also directly support HTA bodies by undertaking detailed critiques of HTA submissions. This provides decision-makers with an independent assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the materials, ensuring a balanced and robust review process.

How can YHEC’s expertise in HTA help you?

YHEC’s expertise in HTA can help strengthen your case by:

  • Developing a clear strategy: We excel at developing a compelling and coherent strategy for your submission, ensuring your product’s value story is articulated effectively from the outset.
  • Providing a robust evidence base: We provide a robust and rigorous evidence base through thorough economic models and literature reviews, forming the core of a strong and defensible submission.
  • Challenging assumptions and assisting with objection handling: We constructively challenge assumptions and provide expert assistance with objection handling. As an External Assessment Group (EAG) for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), YHEC has an inside perspective on the evidence and submission requirements of HTA boards, allowing us to anticipate challenges.
  • Communicating findings effectively: YHEC can communicate complex findings in the right language for all decision-makers, ensuring transparency in analyses.

Why partner with YHEC?

Choosing YHEC for your HTA needs means partnering with a team that offers a:

We have an established history of successfully navigating complex HTA requirements, having supported 50 HTA submissions since 2020. Our team comprises high-quality modellers, reviewers, and writers who have successfully prepared numerous HTA dossiers and provided detailed critiques and independent assessments for public sector bodies. This extensive experience means we understand the nuances of diverse HTA processes and requirements, both in the UK and internationally.

We provide an all-in-one service, ensuring continuity in strategy and messaging across all aspects of HTA, from early landscaping and pricing work to strategic support in the post-submission and negotiation stages. We also provide training and capacity-building for HTA agencies to help them strengthen their own processes.

Our work is underpinned by meticulous adherence to gold-standard methodologies, with systematic reviews guided by established protocols. We pride ourselves on our integrity, ensuring rigorous methods are applied to all data. This allows you to trust the robustness and reliability of our outputs, whether they are for a commercial submission or a public-sector assessment.

We understand both sides of the decision-making process: we have worked as an EAG for NICE and have prepared HTA submissions for industry. This dual perspective allows us to anticipate challenges and optimise strategies from the outset. We have also undertaken significant methods-based projects for groups like NICE. This involvement means we are actively contributing to and often driving the development of new methods and changes seen in HTA.

We are continuously exploring and adopting novel techniques to enhance our HTA work. This includes our ability to “pressure test” your value messages, using our experience as an EAG for NICE to provide unparalleled critical feedback. We also actively investigate emerging tools like AI within reviews, positioning ourselves at the forefront of methodological advancement to offer you the most effective and forward-thinking solutions.

Talk to our expert

For more information about HTA, talk to our expert – Matthew Taylor.

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