The Third Nat'l Comparative Effectiveness Summit Features Cliff Goodman, PhD on Impact of CER on Innovation in New Technologies
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  • Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
  • October 12 - 14, 2011
  • Onsite at the Mandarin Oriental, Washington, DC
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  • www.ComparativeEffectivenessSummit.com
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FEATURING ON IMPACT OF CER ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Cliff Goodman, PhD, Senior Vice President and Principal, The Lewin Group; Chair, Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

WASHINGTON DC USA -- AUGUST 30, 2011: The National Comparative Effectiveness Summit, www.ComparativeEffectivenessSummit.com, will take place October 12 - 14, 2011 at the Mandarin Oriental, Washington, DC.



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FEATURING PRECONFERENCE ON
  • Communicating Comparative Effectiveness Data to Physicians and Patients: Academic Detailing and Shared Decision Making

  • AND SPECIAL SESSIONS ON
  • The Role of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
  • The Role of AHRQ in Comparative Effectiveness Research
  • The Role of NIH in Comparative Effectiveness Research
  • How States are Already Using Comparative and Cost-Effective Research
  • Comparative Effectiveness Research and Personalized Medicine
  • How to Frame CER Research Priorities, Inclusion/Exclusion of Cost Issues, and Formatting of Products
  • Methods and Data Infrastructure Needed for CER
  • Practice-Based Evidence Study Design for Comparative Effectiveness Research
  • The Role of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Health Plan Operations
  • Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness: The Payor View
  • How Real World Evidence can help Payers Supplement Randomized Trial Data to make Informed Formulary Decisions
  • Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and the Implications of Average-Based Policies
  • Asymmetries in Access to Data, Evidence Thresholds and the Ability to Convey Information
  • The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on Future Innovation
  • The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on Innovation in new Technologies
  • The Impact of CER on Pharmaceutical Innovation, Value of Health and Longevity
  • How to Reward Innovation and Value in Comparative Effectiveness Research
  • The Role of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Value-Based Insurance Design
  • How Comparative Effectiveness Research can be Used by ACOs
  • The Role of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Provider Payment Reform
  • The Implications of CER for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Comparative Effectiveness Research from the Patient Perspective
  • Comparative Effectiveness Research and Shared Decision Making
  • How Kaiser Uses Comparative Effectiveness Research in Patient Care

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    COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS SUMMIT IS

    THIRD NATIONAL COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS SUMMIT
    October 12 - 14, 2011

    ONSITE
    Mandarin Oriental
    Washington, DC


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    ONLINE
    In your own office or home live via the Internet
    with 24/7 access for six months


    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
    Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

    Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
    Director, National Institutes of Health, Former Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, Author, The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine (2010), Bethesda, MD

    Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
    Executive Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Former Director of the Research Division, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, Washington, DC
    SUMMIT CO CHAIRS

    Robert W. Dubois, MD, PhD
    Chief Science Officer, National Pharmaceutical Council, Reston, VA

    John Iglehart
    Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC

    Paul Wallace, MD
    Senior Vice President and Director of the Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, The Lewin Group, Washington, DC
    FEATURED FACULTY

    Edward Abrahams, PhD
    President, Personalized Medicine Coalition, Former Executive Director, Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association, Washington, DC

    Jerry Avorn, MD
    Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Author, "Debate About Funding Comparative Effectiveness Research," New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Michael J. Barry, MD
    President, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Director of the Health Services Research Program and Chief, General Medicine Unit and Medical Director, John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Ian D. Coulter, PhD
    Samueli Institute Chair in Policy for Integrative Medicine and Senior Health Policy Analyst, The RAND Corporation, Professor, School of Dentistry, UCLA, Research Professor, Southern Calif. University of Health Sciences, Santa Monica, CA

    John Doyle, PhD, MPH
    Vice President, Practice Leader, Consulting Solutions, Quintiles, New York, NY

    A. Mark Fendrick, MD
    Co-Director, University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design and Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Michael A. Fischer, MD, MS
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, National Resource Center for Academic Detailing, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Mark Gibson
    Deputy Director, Center for Evidence-Based Policy, Oregon Health and Science University, Program Officer, Milbank Memorial Fund, Former Chief of Staff, Oregon Senate President John Kitzhaber, Portland, OR

    Robert M. Goldberg, PhD
    Co-Founder and Vice President, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, New York, NY

    Dana Goldman, PhD
    Director, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, RAND Chair in Health Economics and Director of Health Economics, RAND, Los Angeles, CA

    Cliff Goodman, PhD
    Senior Vice President and Principal, The Lewin Group, Chair, Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

    Scott Gottlieb, MD
    Medical Internist, Stamford Hospital, Former Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, Former Senior Adviser to the Administrator, CMS, Stamford, CT

    Jessie C. Gruman, PhD
    Founder and President, Center for the Advancement of Health, Co-editor, Journal of Participatory Medicine, Washington, DC

    Carol Havens, MD
    Director of Clinical Education, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Sacramento, CA

    Susan D. Horn, PhD
    Senior Scientist, Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, Vice President of Research, International Severity Information Systems, Inc. (ISIS), Salt Lake City, UT

    Jeffrey C. Lerner, PhD
    President and Chief Executive Officer, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA

    Sharon Levine, MD
    Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California, Member, Board of Governors, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Oakland, CA



    Lorna A. Lynn, MD
    Director of Recertification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

    Lyn Paget
    Director of Policy and Outreach, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Boston, MA

    Barry Patel, PharmD
    President and Co-Founder, Total Therapeutic Management, Kennesaw, GA




    Doris Peter, PhD
    Manager, Consumer Reports Ratings Center and Principal Investigator, Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Project, Consumer Reports, Yonkers, NY

    Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH
    National Medical Director for Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy, Aetna, Former Chief Clinical Officer, Aetna Pharmacy Management, Hartford, CT

    Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, MPH
    Director of ACO Programs, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Co-director for Research, Center for Studying Health System Change, Baltimore, MD

    Steven D. Pearson, MD, MSc, FRCP
    President, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), Harvard Medical School, Former Special Advisor, Technology and Coverage Policy, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Boston, MA

    Eugene C. Rich, MD, FACP
    Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Health Care Effectiveness, Mathematica Policy Research, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Washington, DC



    Tom Snedden
    Director, Pharmaceutical Assistance, Contract for the Elderly (PACE), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

    Brian Sweet, RPh, MBA
    Executive Director, Development, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Former Chief Pharmacy Officer, WellPoint, Grand Island, NY

    Sean Tunis, MD, MSc
    Founder and Director, Center for Medical Technology Policy, Former Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality and Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

    John A. Vernon, PhD
    Assistant Professor Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Raleigh, NC
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