Nice article by Matthew Arnold in the December edition of Medical Marketing & Media. “Eye of the Storm,” provides a nice overview of what we might expect in 2011 on a range of issues.
Here’s the section discussing the future of PCORI (the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute):
Healthcare reform rematch
Ex-FDA communications chief Peter Pitts says the board “provides the grease on the slippery slope towards formularies.” Three of its 21 seats are dedicated to pharmas, with execs from Pfizer, J&J and Medtronic among the initial appointees. Congress could also pull the $1.1 billion allocated to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for comparative effectiveness research by the law.
“That money will be radically reduced if not eliminated altogether,” predicts Pitts. Pitts also expects “a very colorful season for healthcare hearings on the hidden codicils of healthcare reform.”
The full article can be found here.
