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
November 24, 2008
Can Medicare Accelerate Delivery System Reform: Options for Creating a Sustainable U.S. Healthcare System
Efforts to slow the growth of US healthcare spending over the past 40 years have been mostly unsuccessful because the healthcare delivery system has not implemented the types of efficiency improvements seen in other industries. Fee-for-service reimbursement enables overuse of marginally effective services and significant geographic variation in cost and utilization. Historically, Medicare reforms have focused on extending the program’s fiscal solvency through benefit changes, provider payment limits, and new revenue sources. As the national healthcare cost crisis escalates, Medicare policy cannot simply focus on its own fiscal solvency, but must instead focus on enabling a more efficient, effective and sustainable delivery system that will benefit all Americans.
