The National Quality Healthcare Award is presented by NQF annually to an outstanding, quality-driven healthcare organization. The award was created in 1993 by the National Committee for Quality Healthcare (NCQH) as the first award of its kind. The award moved to the NQF in 2006 as a result of NQF's merger with NCQH.
2012 Recipient - Mountain States Health Alliance
Tanya Alteras, MPP, Associate Director, Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project, National Partnership for Women & Fmailies
Donald Casey, Jr., MD, MBA, MPH Vice President, Quality and Chief Medical OfficerAtlantic Health
William Corley, HPI Specialist Consultant, Health Performance Improvement, LLC
William Golden, MD, Medical Director, Health Policy Arkansas Medicaid
Thomas James, III, MD Medical Director, National Network Humana, Inc.
Rachel Nelson, MHA Senior Advisor to Chief Scientific Officer, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Sunil Sinha, MBA, MD Vice President, Medical Affairs Bon Secours - Memorial Regional Medical Center
Kathy Szumanski, MSN, RN Director, Institute of Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention Emergency Nurses Association
2011 Recipient - Norton Healthcare
Award Program
Diane Appleyard (Chair), Core Consulting, Inc.
Joseph Swedish (Chair), Trinity Health
Michael Dowling (Chair), North Shore-LIJ Health System
James Abrams, Medline Industries, Inc.
Joel Allison, Baylor Health Care System
Kristine Martin Anderson, Booz Allen Hamilton
Rand Ballard, MedAssets
David Bernd, Sentra Healthcare
Mark Bidner, RecoverCare
Mary Brainerd, HealthPartners
David Collins, HIMMS
Susan DeVore, Premier
Lou Diamond, Quality Health Care Consultants
David Domann, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.
David Ertel, Morgan Stanley
David Gifford, American Health Care Association
Randy Gordon, Deloitte
Douglas Hastings, Epstein, Becker & Green
Frederick Hessler, Citigroup
Thomas James, Humana
Gary Kaplan, Virginia Mason Medical Center
David Pitts, Pitts Management
Thomas Priselac, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
William Rich, American Academy of Ophthalmology
Michael Rust, Kentucky Hospital Association
Bernard Rosof, North Shore-LIJ Health System
Kathleen Shoemaker, Eli Lilly, Inc.
Daniel Wolterman, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Rhonda Anderson, RN, DNSc, FAAN, FANN, FACHE (Co-Chair),CEO,Cardon Children's Medical Center
Sunil K. Sinha, MBA, MD, CHE (Co-Chair), Vice President, Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center
Tanya Alteras, MPP, Associate Director Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project, National Partnership for Women & Families
Richard Bankowitz, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Premier Healthcare Alliance
Patrick Falvey, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Integration Officer, Aurora Health Care Chief Medical Officer, Premier Healthcare Alliance
William E. Golden, MD, MACP, Medical Director, Health Policy, Arkansas Medicaid
Thomas James III, MD, Medical Director, National Network, Humana, Inc.
Peter Lanser, MS, CPHQ, FACHE, Account Manager, Skylight Healthcare System
Rachel Nelson, MHA, Senior Advisor to Chief Scientific Officer, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Nancy Wilson, MD, Senior Advisor, Quality, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
2010 Recipient - North Shore-LIJ Health System
Award Program | Video
Diane Appleyard (Chair), Core Consulting, Inc.
Joseph Swedish (Chair), Trinity Health
Daniel Wolterman (Chair), Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Joel Allison, Baylor Health Care System
Rand Ballard, MedAssets
Daniel Bourque, VHA, Inc.
Benjamin Chu, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
David Domann, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.
David Ertel, Morgan Stanley
Dean Harrison, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
Douglas Hastings, Epstein, Becker & Green
Frederick Hessler, Citigroup
Gary Kaplan, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Thomas Priselac, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Stephen Reynolds, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Curt Selquist, Water Street Healthcare Partners
Marie Sinioris, National Center for Healthcare Leadership
John Tara, Pfizer
Sue Widner, Abbott
Daniel Wolterman (Chair), President & CEO Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Joel T. Allison (Vice Chair), President & CEO, Baylor Health Care System
Tanya Alteras, MPP, Associate Director Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project, National Partnership for Women & Families
Rhonda Anderson, RN, DNSc, Pediatric Administrator & Regional Pediatric Service Line Administrator, Cardon Children's Medical Center
Lawrence M. Becker, Director Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, Corporate Human Resources, Xerox Corporation
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Peter Lanser, MS, CPHQ, Chief Executive Officer, The Natural Way, LLC
Richard Popiel, MD, MBA, Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Carolyn C. Scott, RN, Med, MHA, Vice President Performance Improvement and Quality, Premier, Inc.
Kathleen Shoemaker, MBA, PharmD Consultant Federal and Quality Accounts, Lilly USA, LLC
Sunil K. Sinha, MBA, MD, CHE, Medical Officer VA, Maryland Healthcare System
2009 Recipient - Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, Texas
Joel Allison (CHAIR), Baylor Healthcare System
Rhonda Anderson, Banner Children’s Hospital
Roki Chauhan, Premera Blue Cross
James Dwyer, Virtua Health
Susan Hawkins, Henry Ford Health System
LuAnn Heinen, National Business Group on Health
George Isham (CO-CHAIR), Health Partners
Larry Boress, Midwest Business Group on Health
Carolyn Clancy, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Mitchell Dvorak, Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
Ziad Haydar, Baylor Health Care System
Sunil Sinha, Pfizer
2009 Award Program Book
The 2009 National Healthcare Quality Award was presented in partnership with:
2008 Recipient - Baylor Healthcare System, Dallas, Texas
George Isham (CHAIR)
Health Partners
Rhonda Anderson
Banner Children’s Hospital
James Dwyer
Virtua Health
Audrey Nelson
Tampa VAMC
Louise Probst
St. Louis Business Health Coalition
Sunil Sinha
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Gary Gottlieb (CO-CHAIR)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Maureen Corry
Childbirth Connection
Cecily Hall
Microsoft Corporation
Richard Popiel
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Carolyn Scott
KPMG, LLP
2008 Award Program Book
2007 Recipient - HealthPartners, Bloomington, MN
2006 Recipient - Bringham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Supplement on the 2006 Award from Modern Healthcare
2005 Recipient - Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Supplement on the 2005 Award from Modern Healthcare
2004 Recipient - Trinity Health, Novi, MI
Supplement on the 2004 Award from Modern Healthcare
2003 Recipient - Leigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA
2002 Recipient- Carilion Health System, Roanoke, VA
2001 Recipient - Catholic Health Initiatives, Denver, CO
2000 Recipient - Munson Medical Center, Traverse City, MI
1999 Recipient - BJC Health System, St. Louis, MO
1998 Recipient -
University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Recipient -
St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Special Recognition: Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 Recipient -
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
Special Recognition: Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH; St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Honorable Mention for Progress Targeted to Special Populations:Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA; Touchette Regional Hospital, Centreville, IL
1995 Recipient -
Evanston Hospital Corporation, Evanston, IL
Honorable Mention: Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center,
Baton Rouge, LA
1994 Recipient -
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
