Background on Transparency & Consumerism
Improving Health Care Value: Quality and Cost
Researchers and policymakers agree there often is not enough information on what medical treatments work best. Providers and patients must make important decisions without knowing how different treatments compare, and the health care system is unable to offer incentives to encourage use of more effective treatments.
September 25, 2007
Scott Serota Remarks, National Press Announcement, Institute for Comparative Effectiveness Research, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., May 7, 2007
Welcome – I am pleased you are here.
Joining me today are:
• Dr. John Fallon, Chief Physician Executive at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and
• Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, based here in DC
You will be hearing from them a bit later.
May 10, 2007
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