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September 19, 2007
AHRQ Diocese
by Peter Pitts
Comparative effectiveness? Well since you mentioned it ...
CBO’s Estimate of the Budgetary Impact of Section 904
(Sec. 904. Comparative effectiveness research. Establishes within the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality a Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research to conduct research on the outcomes, effectiveness, and appropriateness of health care services.Also establishes an independent Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission to set priorities and ensure credibility for the Center’s work. It also establishes a Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund, initially funded through the Medicare trust fund, to support the work of the Center and the Commission.)
* CBO estimates that Section 904 of the CHAMP act (H.R. 3162) would increase Federal spending (Medicare, Medicaid, and FEHBP) by $600 million between 2008 to 2012, and $2.4 billion from 2008-2017.
* While the agency estimates that the bill could reduce public and private health spending by up to $6 billion, direct Federal spending would only be reduced by $100 million over the 2008-2012 period and $1.3 billion between 2008 and 2017. (Those amounts would constitute a very small fraction of overall federal outlays for those programs.)
* Thus, enacting section 904 would increase federal direct spending by $0.5 billion over five years and $1.1 billion over 10 years.
* CBO assumes that the provision would result in better information about which health care services and procedures are ineffective and some changes in coverage rules that can be implemented under current law.
Well that's certainly reassuring.
Posted by peterpitts at September 19, 2007 05:11 PM
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