HHS Appointee Burwell Tells Senate Panel IPAB Will ‘Never Be Activated’-thegraysheet: HHS Secretary nominee Sylvia Mathews Burwell told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee May 8 that she believes the Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the Affordable Care Act will never be triggered. As directed by the health reform law, IPAB is required to offer cost-cutting solutions after a year when Medicare cost growth exceeds defined thresholds. The proposals would be fast-tracked through Congress and automatically implemented.
