Talking To Tunis: Former CMS Medical Chief Works To Improve Tech Studies
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A major barrier to making the U.S. health care system more cost effective is the dearth of good effectiveness data on many expensive therapies, says former CMS Chief Medical Officer Sean Tunis
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