'White Paper' Aims to Shape Treatment Comparison Agenda

CQ HealthBeat
April 20, 2009

A policy paper released Monday by a group representing a variety of players in the health care system aims to persuade federal policy makers that they must preserve innovation as a primary goal in decisions on how to spend $1.1 billion in funds allotted by the economic stimulus law for comparing various approaches to treating medical conditions.

The ‘white paper’ released by the New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI) is likely to get a serious look from officials charged with developing priorities for use of the fund, potentially raising concerns among those who fear that pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers will have too much influence on the research agenda...

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