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Council on Technology & Innovation ODF (Rescheduled)When: October 22, 3:00 - 5:00 pmSection 942(a) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 establishes a Council for Technology and Innovation (CTI), charged with leading improvements in the coordination of coverage, coding, and payment processes with respect to new technologies and procedures (including new drug therapies). The CTI will additionally serve in facilitating the exchange of information between CMS and other entities both public and private, that are faced with making similar decisions. CMS is holding this Special Open Door to introduce the Council, and to report their progress in a few areas, including the agency's coverage guidance development process and in the priority setting for future guidance areas. We hope to engage in related discussions regarding the use of current agency practices, with the goal of more efficient coordination when products and services are accepted for coverage, and coded for appropriate payment. We are also looking to hear stakeholder input and ideas for other Council areas of investigation, including how CMS can support clinical research to gather useful information when questions of effectiveness and cost remain unanswered relative to product or service value for the Medicare program. Get more information (PDF, 15 KB). Prescription Drug Plan Bidders' Data Sets: CMS Data Now AvailableThese data sets are being used to meet industry's requests that CMS share information from public data sets that could help potential drug plan bidders to better understand and estimate the eligible Medicare beneficiary population's utilization of prescription drugs. Get more information. |
October 2004
| Date | Open Door Forum | Time | Location | Subscribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 12 | Hospital/Qualtiy Initiative | 2:00 pm | D.C.: 305A | Get schedule updates by email |
| October 13 | Ambulance | 2:00 pm | D.C.: 305A | Get schedule updates by email |
| October 18 | Physicians, Nurses & Allied Health Professionals | 2:00 pm | D.C.: 305A | Get schedule updates by email |
| October 22 | Special Council on Technology & Innovation (CTI) | 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Get schedule updates by email | |
| October 26 | Rural Health | 2:00 pm | D.C.: 305A | Get schedule updates by email |
| October 28 | SNF/Long-Term Care | 2:00 pm | D.C.: 305A | Get schedule updates by email |
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