Clinical Evaluation LLC
Health Care Technology Assessments
We offer assessments of health care technologies. These are prepared to evaluate the comparative effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of medical and surgical interventions, medical devices, drug therapies, clinical services and procedures. We tailor assessments to meet client requirements.
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We have extensive experience in preparing assessments to advise the
U.S. Public Health Service, the Medicare program, the Veterans Health
Administration and the Department of Defense on coverage of services.
Our Director served on the first Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC), and was appointed Chair of the Drugs, Biologics and Therapeutics Panel.
- Our Director was selected as the United States representative at the Paris meeting of founding members of the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment.
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Our staff have authored or supervised and edited formal assessments of
numerous medical technologies, interventions, procedures and services,
including:
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Impotence
- Implantable Infusion Pumps
- The da Vinci Surgical Robot
- Video EEG Monitoring
- Liver, Single and Double Lung, Autologous Bone Marrow, and Combined or Sequential Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
- Bioimpedance Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Bone Density Measurements
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass to Reduce the Risk of Ischemic Stroke
- Implantation of the Automatic Cardioverter-Defibrillator
- Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing (IPPB) Therapy
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Vascular and Flow Imaging
- Polysomnography and Sleep Disorder Centers
- Protein A Columns for Immune Thrombocytopenia
- Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography
- Cochlear Implantation in Outpatient Settings
- Electrical Bone-Growth Stimulation and Spinal Fusion
- Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma
- Living Related Liver Transplantation
- Lymphedema Pumps: Pneumatic Compression Devices
- Procuren: A Platelet-Derived Wound Healing Formula
- Lung volume reduction surgery