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What's Your New Year's Resolution for Policy Makers?
December 19, 2011 |
5:01 p.m.
It's been a busy end of the health care year--with the "doc fix" endgame, the departure of CMS director Dr. Don Berwick, the debut of Pioneer ACOs, rules for essential health benefits, calls to privatize Medicare, and controversial decisions about contraceptive coverage, among many other matters. There's plenty on the horizon too. If you ran the show at the Department of Health and Human Services, what would be your number one priority for the coming year? What should Secretary Kathleen Sebelius set down as her New Year's resolution?
December 21, 2011 12:00 PM
Medical Research is More than NIH
By Doug Peddicord
Executive Director, Association of Clinical Research Organizations
I resolve that I will not think that funding the NIH fulfills all of our medical research needs and that I will keep research in mind when considering all healthcare policies, including “Sunshine”, EHR adoption, comparative effectiveness, FDA appropriations, HIPAA, tax policy and medical liability reform.