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Appendix A: Aout the Council on Health Care Technology and Rosters of Council and Panels
Appendix A: Aout the Council on Health Care Technology and Rosters of Council and Panels
Pages 631-640
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Appendix A About the Council on Health Care Technology Rosters of Council anc! Panels 631
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99-117~. The functions of the council are: to serve as a clearinghouse for data and information sources related to health care technologies and technology assessments; to improve the methodologies, techniques, and procedures of technology assessment; to identify needs in assessment of technologies and the criteria for setting priorities among assessment needs; to stimulate, coordinate, and commission the assessment of health care technologies; and to promote related education, training, and technical assistance.
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Public Law 98-551 set aside up to $500,000 for the first year, $750,000 for the second year, and $750,000 for the third year in federal grants for initial, partial support of the council. These amounts were earmarked for the council in annual appropriations made by Congress for the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment (NCHSR)
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The matching requirement for fiscal 1988 and 1989 is one federal dollar for one non-federal dollar; in fiscal 1990, the ratio is one federal dollar for every two non-federal dollars. In support of the 1987 legislation, the report of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources stated: "The Committee continues to support this program which it believes provides an important forum forjoint government and private cooperation to promote the development of methods of health care technology assessment." The House Committee on Energy and Commerce stated: "The Committee wishes to reaffirm its support for the Council and its expectation that the Council will play a vital role in the development of health policy and improvements in the delivery of health care services.
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and I Roy Psaty Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York KATHLEEN BUTO Deputy Director, Bureau of Eligibility, Reimbursement, and Coverage, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, Maryland H
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JOHN C VILLFORTH Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland INFORMATION PANEL OF THE COUNCIL ON HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY LAWRENCE C
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638 KATHLEEN AUTO Deputy Director, Bureau of Eligibility, Reimbursement, and Coverage, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, Maryland I MICHAEL FITZMAURICE Director, National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, Rockville, Maryland
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STEPHEN B THACKER Assistant Director for Science, Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia ELEANOR TRAVERS Chairman, Task Force on Technology Assessment, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
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