title: Affordable care 2014: a tale of two boards.
abstract: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law on 23 March 2010. As part of the law, two independent boards were established. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute embodies national aspirations for employing comparative effectiveness research in healthcare decision-making, and the Independent Payment Advisory Board is focused on the need for a group of impartial experts to establish anticipatable growth rates for Medicare. Approximately 4 years after the bill was passed into law, these independent boards are at very different points in their life cycles. This article provides a status update.
authors: Neuroendovascular Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors: Joshua A
authors: JA
authors: Hirsch
authors: Mecklenburg Radiology Associates PA, Charlotte, North Carolina USA.
authors: Robert M
authors: RM
authors: Barr
authors: Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA.
authors: Geraldine
authors: G
authors: McGinty
authors: Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
authors: Gregory N
authors: GN
authors: Nicola
authors: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors: Pamela W
authors: PW
authors: Schaefer
authors: South Texas Radiology Group, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA South Texas Radiology Group, San Antonio, Texas, USA University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Radiology, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors: Ezequiel
authors: E
authors: Silva
authors: Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky, USA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors: Laxmaiah
authors: L
authors: Manchikanti
mesh_terms: D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020406:Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States
keywords: Economics