The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research (CER). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the Patient-Centered ...

Comparative effectiveness research has been the target of recurrent criticism in some political circles, with opponents claiming it’s the “gateway to rationing” or it encourages “cookbook medicine.” ...

As the nation transforms its healthcare system—with or without the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—it must face the challenge of how to maintain, or even improve, the quality of care. This requires ...

Five Republican Senators have reintroduced a bill to bar the federal government from undertaking comparative effectiveness research, according to a release by Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). The 2009 ...

A research data repository that combines millions of de-identified claims and electronic medical records would allow healthcare organizations to conduct evidence-based research on the effectiveness of ...

Few of us could have predicted (or were ready for) the firestorm of opposition that provisions in the stimulus bill related to electronic health information or comparative effectiveness research ...

The research results must avoid creating unintended access barriers, coverage denials, or arbitrary dollar thresholds that can arise through centralized cost effectiveness determinations. By focusing ...

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Comparative effectiveness research, a proposed method to cut health care spending, is sharply criticized in a new report identifying numerous negative ramifications of the policy. The report, “Shorter ...

Ellen-Marie Whelan discusses why we need evidence-based health care, how it will improve health, and how we can promote it. The positions of American Progress, and our policy experts, are independent, ...

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) seeks to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions to improve health care at both the individual and population ...