DJP Update 10-24-2011 (2nd today) PCORI (part of PPACA) Board meeting in New Orleans during AMA Meeting & opportunity for testimony
Consider sending one delegate or alternate from each delegation to AMA to give testimony! Testimony limited to 3 minutes. Dr. Peter Lavine of Washington, DC gave testimony when the hearing was held there.
Goal: advisory and not mandatory and rationing
PCORI: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Meeting in New Orleans
Public testimony opportunity
DJP comment from DJP Update 7-20-2011 “We have to be careful that PCORI does not become the partner with IPAB and then become the equivalent of NICE in Great Britain. NICE is the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that uses a formula of cost and ”quality-adjusted life-year” to determine if a procedure or treatment is covered. Their method of rationing.”
and here is what 3 former presidents of AMA (Drs. Johnson, Plested & Palmisano) said about PCORI in a published opinion 6-17-2011 in The Daily Caller when commenting on the way to fix Medicare. See PCORI under point 4 at the 2nd link:
http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/17/ryan-plan-is-good-deal-for-medicare-beneficiaries/
http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/17/ryan-plan-is-good-deal-for-medicare-beneficiaries/2/
(You may enjoy reading the entire article to see our suggestion for modifying Ryan plan with another option in his plan.)
4. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
(PCORI) — created by the healthcare law — must remain
as an advisory board, not morph into a coverage decision-making
body. Recommendations from their research
should be made available for use in establishing evidence-based
appropriateness criteria designed to help physicians
and patients know what works best in a given situation. It
is imperative that PCORI not be allowed to become a rationing board. Medical care decisions must be made
by an informed patient and the physician, and must be based solely upon the patient’s best interests. And,
again, this newly created board must be responsible to Congress.
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Now info about the PCORI hearing in New Orleans:
http://www.pcori.org/meetings-events/event/board-of-governors-meeting-2/
11/14/2011 – 11/15/2011
Board of Governors Meeting
Hyatt Regency
601 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA
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Note: the tentative times for testimony are:
Monday, Nov. 14 from 1:30pm – 3:00 p.m. CT
Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 10:15 -10:45 a.m. CT
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http://www.pcori.org/meetings-events/guidelines-for-providing-public-comment-at-pcori-board-meetings/
Guidelines for Public Comments
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) values and encourages public input. At all public meetings of the PCORI Board of Governors, a public comment period shall be included on the agenda. To ensure that public comment periods are efficient and productive, PCORI will adhere to the following guidelines:
Any member of the public wishing to provide public comment must sign up:
via email to info@pcori.org at least one day prior to the start of the meeting, or
on site at the meeting registration desk at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the public comment portion of the agenda, if remaining time is available.
Individuals offering public comment must limit remarks to not more than three minutes. The Board Chair reserves the right to cut off individuals who exceed three minutes.
If the number of individuals who sign up to provide public comment exceeds the allotted time for comments, the Board Chair may limit individual remarks to a shorter time period.
Written testimony should be submitted to PCORI via email to info@pcori.org.
Individuals are not permitted to hand out materials to Board of Governors members during the Board meeting. Any materials individuals wish to submit to PCORI may be provided to PCORI at the meeting registration desk, submitted via email to info@pcori.org, or mailed to PCORI at 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006.
All testimony and additional materials submitted to PCORI will be provided to appropriate Board members, Methodology Committee members, and staff for review and consideration in PCORI’s work.
Individuals represented by a common organization or association should select one individual to speak for the group.
If you require special assistance in providing comments at a PCORI Board meeting, please contact PCORI via email (info@pcori.org) or phone (202-683-6690) prior to the meeting so that we can accommodate you.
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Let’s participate and give our views!
Stay well.
Donald
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Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD
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