The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is the agency that will conduct the research, according to the report. The initial fee will cost $1 for a person with insurance, although the U.S. Treasury Department does not anticipate collecting the fee for another year. The fee will be $2 per covered person in the second year, and from there, the fee will rise with inflation.
Joe Selby, MD, director of the PCORI, said in the report that the new organization will not dictate health coverage determinations. It receives taxpayer money, but “we are not a policy-making body; our role is to make the evidence available,” Dr. Selby said.
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