How Health Services Research Was Used in Health Care Reform

Karen Davis from The Commonwealth Fund chaired a special session at the 2010 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting that looked at the role of health services research in informing Congressional health reform discussions. During the session, panelists Jonathan Gruber,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mark McClellan,Brookings Institute, and Cathy Schoen, The Commonwealth Fund, focused on issues around affordability and delivery system redesign. Schoen's presentation included a discussion of the Commonwealth Fund Commission Path Report and its contribution to the health reform framework, while Gruber discussed how health services research and simulation modeling contributed to health insurance design decisions, and McClellan reviewed contributions to payment and delivery system design decisions. Respondents Jack Ebeler, Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Liz Fowler, Senate Finance Committee, provided their perspectives on the contribution of health services research to the key health reform decisions in the House of Representatives and Senate. To view the full session visit www.academyhealth.org/hsrinhcr.

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