Phase 1: Enactment & build · Step 1.10

Create the Health Technology Assessment Institute

Months 0–18; continuous · HTA Institute (independent, within HHS)Discuss this step

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Task 1.10.4 of 4

Set a 180-day maximum for assessment of new drugs and devices, with provisional coverage during review.

Who does it

HTA Institute

When

Month 12

Trade-off

Provisional coverage during review speeds access but makes later removal politically hard.

Part of: Create the Health Technology Assessment Institute

An independent body that evaluates whether new services, devices, and drugs work better than existing alternatives, and recommends coverage and price. Removes ineffective services from the benefit package.

This step changes 2 existing laws, programs, or institutions. See the list.