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Organization
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Methods
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Who Can Nominate
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Eligible Topics
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AHRQ
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Solicits topics annually through the Federal Register and accepts nominations on an ongoing basis
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Open to the public; AHRQ conducts systematic reviews for CMS, the USPSTF, and the NIH Consensus Development Conference program
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Effectiveness of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of common clinical and behavioral conditions; organization and financing; and research methods; topics addressed by the Effective Health Care Program must relate to 1 of 10 priority conditions established by the secretary of HHSa
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BCBSA TEC
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Solicits topics from within BCBSA and from its advisers
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TEC staff, medical directors of member plans, Medical Advisory Panel (external advisers), Medical Policy Panel, and pharmacy managers
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Effectiveness of surgical procedures, devices and implants, diagnostic imaging, laboratory tests, and targeted and specialty pharmaceuticals
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Cochrane Collaboration
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Vary among 51 review groups
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Open to the public; reviews are author initiated or the topic is nominated and authors sought
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Broad range of clinical services and population-based health interventions
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DERPb
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Program participants nominate topics
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State Medicaid programs and other participating organizations
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Comparative effectiveness of drugs within classes of drugs
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MedCAC and CMSb
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Internal decision
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MedCAC staff
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Devices, drugs, and procedures that are within the scope of Medicare coverage and subject to a national coverage decision
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NICE
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Internal decision by the department of health in England and Wales; NICE uses the National Horizon Scanning Centre to identify new and emerging technologies
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Individuals and groups
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Effectiveness of services that are being considered for coverage by the National Health Service, including drugs, devices, diagnostics, surgical procedures, and population-based health promotion
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