Massachusetts General Hospital

ICER Launches RAPiD Initiative through Formation of New England Healthcare Advisory Council

New England Healthcare Advisory Council Will Help Adapt Federal Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Use by States and Regional Private Payers

18/Nov/2010

With backing from a consortium of New England state health policy leaders, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) will spearhead the formation of a New England Healthcare Advisory Council (the Council) to provide objective, independent guidance on the application of medical evidence to clinical practice and payer policy decisions across New England.  ICER, a leader in comparative effectiveness research based at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Institute for Technology Assessment, will oversee the formation of the Council as a key element in its federally funded RAPiD (Regional Adaptation for Payer Policy Decisions) initiative, a three-year program funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Link to full ICER news release.

Media Contacts: Sarah K. Emond, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, semond@icer-review.org, 617-724-5497