Recent Conferences
November 24, 2008
Medicare Delivery System Reform
October 2, 2008
Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Policy Solutions for Encouraging Access and Affordability
July 16, 2008
Managing Specialty Pharmaceuticals
June 4, 2008
"Road Testing" Electronic Medical Records
April 30, 2008
Innovation Workgroup
April 10, 2008
Payment and Delivery System Reform
November 29, 2007
Comparative Effectiveness Congressional Briefing
November 27, 2007
Overview of Cost Management Strategies
October 24, 2007
Coverage With Evidence Development
October 2, 2007
Value-Based Payment for Medical Technologies
September 18, 2007
Personalized Medicine Conference
July 25, 2007
Comparative Effectiveness: Stakeholder Perspectives
April 11, 2007
Post Marketing Surveillance
November 30, 2006
Comparative Effectiveness Forum
October 12, 2006
Coverage Policy in an Era of Personalized Medicine
July 13, 2006
Pharmaceutical Benefit Management
May 1, 2006
Methodology Standards
April 4, 2006
Technology Assessment
October 3, 2005
Promoting Appropriate Utilization
April 1, 2005
Evidence-Based Health Care System
July 16, 2004
Correcting Underuse in Health Care
July 25, 2007
Implementing Comparative Effectiveness Research: The Value Proposition for Patients, Physicians and the Health Care System
Co-sponsored by: America's Health Insurance Plans, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
This meeting continued the dialogue on comparative effectiveness (CE) research with a focus on maximizing the value for likely users of this information: patients, physicians, health systems and purchasers.
Presentations:
Comparative Effectiveness: The Basics
Sean Tunis, M.D., MSc, Founder, Center for Medical Technology Policy
New Technologies Assessment: A Physician's View
Armin Ernst, M.D., Chief, Interventional Pulmonology, BIDMC/ Harvard Medical School
Using Evidence to Improve Health Care Value
Steven Pearson, M.D., MSc, Dir., Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, America's Health Insurance Plans
Comparative Effectiveness and the Federal Budget
Phil Ellis, Ph.D., MSc, Analyst, Health Division, Congressional Budget Office
