The Senate Finance Committee says it is considering options to establish a “long-term or permanent framework to set national priorities for comparative clinical effectiveness research” to compare clinical outcomes of various therapies or medical treatment strategies. The committee outlines several options, including funding existing HHS entities through annual appropriations, … [Read more...] about Senate Finance Committee Proposals for Delivery System Reform: Analysis of Comparative Effectiveness Review Options
Senate Finance Committee Proposals for Delivery System Reform: Analysis of Comparative Effectiveness Review Options
The Senate Finance Committee says it is considering options to establish a “long-term or permanent framework to set national priorities for comparative clinical effectiveness research” to compare clinical outcomes of various therapies or medical treatment strategies. The committee outlines several options, including funding existing HHS entities through annual appropriations, … [Read more...] about Senate Finance Committee Proposals for Delivery System Reform: Analysis of Comparative Effectiveness Review Options
Recommendation for Coordinated Care Management for Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries
Medicaid’s historic and most important job is to take care of the nation’s most vulnerable and truly needy citizens. Changes are needed so the program has the resources to continue to meet that challenge. An important group for policymakers’ attention should be those who need Medicaid the most, who have the fewest resources to receive care outside the program, and who … [Read more...] about Recommendation for Coordinated Care Management for Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries
Recommendation for Coordinated Care Management for Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries
Medicaid’s historic and most important job is to take care of the nation’s most vulnerable and truly needy citizens. Changes are needed so the program has the resources to continue to meet that challenge. An important group for policymakers’ attention should be those who need Medicaid the most, who have the fewest resources to receive care outside the program, and who … [Read more...] about Recommendation for Coordinated Care Management for Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries
Canadian Care: So Many Lessons, So Little Time
Brian Lee Crowley testified before Pennsylvania legislators this week, on behalf of AIMS and the Galen Institute, to describe the minefield ahead in further politicizing health care. Crowley uses a mix of in-depth research and personal experience to show the faults within Canadian health care and the lessons Americans can draw from its experience. As politicians are drawn into ever more … [Read more...] about Canadian Care: So Many Lessons, So Little Time
Canadian Care: So Many Lessons, So Little Time
Brian Lee Crowley testified before Pennsylvania legislators this week, on behalf of AIMS and the Galen Institute, to describe the minefield ahead in further politicizing health care. Crowley uses a mix of in-depth research and personal experience to show the faults within Canadian health care and the lessons Americans can draw from its experience. As politicians are drawn into ever more … [Read more...] about Canadian Care: So Many Lessons, So Little Time
Flu Fears
Highlights Flu Facts Specter's Switch Baucus Criticizes CMS Featured Articles John Barry's excellent book, The Great Influenza, provides a dramatic and detailed account of the extraordinary mistakes that were made, including many by governments, that led to the most deadly pandemic in recorded history in 1918. At least 30 million and possibly as many as 100 million people around the … [Read more...] about Flu Fears
Putting Patients First
Highlights Reform Schedule Comparative Effectiveness Patient Advocates And Also… Featured Articles Reform Schedule: Senators Baucus and Kennedy sent a letter to President Obama this week saying their committees plan to vote on comprehensive health reform legislation in early June, which means legislation could be sent to the full Senate for a vote soon afterward. This is an … [Read more...] about Putting Patients First