Call for Public Review

Call for Public Review
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Technology Assessment Program develops systematic reviews, health technology assessments, and other reports at the request of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Coverage and Analysis Group. These reports are funded by an Interagency Agreement from CMS to AHRQ and used to inform national coverage policies, discussion at public Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MedCAC) meetings, and/or for other policy considerations.

To get complete public review, the AHRQ Technology Assessment Program will post draft reports on the AHRQ Technology Assessment Web site. To meet the timelines for Medicare coverage decisions mandated by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, draft technology assessment reports will be available for public review for a limited time. A notice will be sent out on the CMS Medicare Coverage and AHRQ Effective Health Care E-mail distribution lists 1 week before the posting of draft reports. Each report will be available for public review on this Web site for a total of 2 weeks.
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Review Steps
When a draft Technology Assessment report is available for review, you may review the draft report by completing the associated review form and then selecting "Submit" on the form.

Note: Comments received after the review period will not be accepted.

Currently Available for Review
Use of Bayesian Techniques in Randomized Clinical Trials: A CMS Case Study (PDF file, 3.6 MB; PDF Help) Date Available: June 25 - July 10, 2009.

Persons with disabilities experiencing problems accessing portions of the PDF file for this report should contact the Technology Assessment Program at ahrqtap@ahrq.hhs.gov.

Questions
Please contact ahrqtap@ahrq.hhs.gov if you have any questions.

Current as of June 2009
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Internet Citation:

Call for Public Review. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ta/tareview.htm


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