title: Analysis of the National Institutes of Health Medicare coverage assessment.
abstract: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is periodically asked to conduct assessments of new medical technologies to assist in coverage decisions made at the Office of Health Technology Assessment (OHTA) for the Health Care Financing Administration coverage policy. Analysis of NIH assessments indicates that even though most NIH assessments rely only on expert opinion, OHTA agreed with NIH recommendations in over 90%.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubinsky
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014488:United States Health Resources and Services Administration