Key Messages
The HTA Review recommends that Commonwealth HTA processes should:
- all follow a set of shared objectives and principles;
- be part of an open, transparent, integrated system;
- make information easily available from a central website, including more information on how technologies will be assessed and how decisions are made;
- provide improved opportunities for sponsor and stakeholder input, including expanded options for seeking review of decisions;
- operate through a single entry point to assist stakeholders by receiving, guiding and monitoring all applications for reimbursement;
- be more flexible in dealing with novel and complex technologies by coordinating assessments and allowing different aspects of complex technologies to be assessed at the same time;
- speed up Medical Services Advisory Committee assessments by allowing sponsors to supply their own assessments and have these critiqued;
- simplify administration of the Prostheses List by streamlining administrative processes and removing duplication; and
- reform post-market surveillance of health technologies to strengthen patient safety and value for money for taxpayers.