PHAR’s President, Michael S. Broder, MD, MSHS, mediated a webinar discussion today with panelists Eric Benchimol, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Karina Raimundo, MS, HEOR Director at Genentech, and Anil Vachani, MD, MS, of Penn Medicine on best practices surrounding ICD code validation in secondary data research using Medicare or commercial claims. Recently, Dr. Broder wrote on the importance of algorithm validation in claims analyses, which was published on HealthEconomics.com. The webinar attracted more than 80 professionals and academics in pharmacy, medical statistics, healthcare, and health economics insights. The recording of the webinar is available on-demand on InsideScientific.com, and the Q&A report available for download here.