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A new GAO report, “Value in Health Care: Key Information for Policymakers to Assess Efforts to Improve Quality While Reducing Costs,” examines the availability of evidence that various health care interventions (e.g., provider payment restructuring, chronic care management, patient safety initiatives, care transitions management, and prevention programs, and care coordination activities) impact the…

On February 13, 2009, the House and Senate approved the conference report to accompany H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  President Obama signed the bill into law on February 17, 2009.  The $790 billion economic stimulus package includes a number of health care policy provisions.  Among other things, the final agreement includes:

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On December 18, 2008, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a major report entitled “Budget Options, Volume 1: Health Care,” which sets forth 115 policy options for Congress to consider as it addresses health care system reform. The CBO points out that Medicare is expected to grow from 2.8 percent of gross domestic…

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, through its Effective Health Care program, will sponsor an invitational symposium on clinical and comparative effectiveness research methods in June 2009 (dates to be confirmed). The symposium is a follow up to the 2006 AHRQ conference on Emerging Methods in Comparative Effectiveness and Safety; papers presented at that…

On November 12, 2008, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released a white paper entitled “Call to Action: Health Reform 2009.” The document details Senator Baucus’ goals for health care reform in the broad areas of coverage, quality, and cost. Highlights of the lengthy plan include the following.

  • Ensuring Health Coverage for All Americans. The

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