As Congress considers and enacts proposals such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), health information technology, comparative effectiveness research and use of data registries such as the ICD Registry™ in quality improvement efforts, the Society will be at the forefront of evaluating their impact and advocating for policies that enable our members to continue providing cutting edge care and access to patients.

2008

Senators Introduce Comparative Effectiveness Research Bill (08/05/2008) — On August 1 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) introduced S. 3408, the Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008, which would establish a private, non-profit institute to conduct research evaluating and comparing the implications and outcomes of two or more health care therapies in treating a particular medical condition. Learn more about this bill and its possible impact »

Panel on Comparative Effectiveness Research Agrees on Value of Data, But Disagrees on Use of Information (04/05/2008) — On Friday, April 4 the Society attended a briefing, sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform, on Comparative Effectiveness Research. The panel included representatives from AdvaMed, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Director of an Institute of Medicine study on comparative effectiveness research. Learn more »