Agenda 

MEMBERSHIP MEETING  

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 

8:00am - 9:15am 

Council Leaders Meeting (Closed) 

8:00am - 5:30pm 

Registration 

9:30am - 10:30am 

 
Member Welcome and State of NQF - Regency B, C, D 

Janet Corrigan, NQF President and CEO will recognize new members, provide an update on organizational accomplishments, highlight strategic direction for the organization and set the stage for the day's events. There will also be ample time for member Q&A. 

Speaker: Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA, President & CEO, National Quality Forum 

10:45am - 12:15pm  

Membership Breakouts - Concurrent session options include:  

Enhancing NQF’s Measure Endorsement Process: A Proposed Two-Stage Consensus Development Process - Regency C 

To more closely align with the overall measure development process and to allow more frequent opportunities to submit measures to NQF for endorsement, NQF is considering a new, two-stage Consensus Development Process (CDP).  In this highly interactive session, NQF’s Consensus Standards Approval Committee (CSAC) Chair and Vice Chair and Performance Measures staff will share the redesign work undertaken to date, and plans for piloting and implementing the new process.  We encourage all with an interest in the measure endorsement process—measure developers, consumers, purchasers, providers, and more—to come hear about the new process, ask questions, and provide feedback as NQF continues to design the process.   

Moderators:  Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Performance Measures, NQF and Heidi Bossley, MSN, MBA, Vice President, Performance Measures, NQF

Speakers:           

• Tim Ferris, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (CSAC Chair)
• Ann Monroe, MA, President, Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York (CSAC Vice-Chair)

eMeasures, Health IT, and Quality Measurement - Capitol Room B 

The federal government is increasingly embracing electronically-enabled quality measurement as a less-burdensome approach to gathering and publicly reporting performance information. The development and implementation of electronic measures (eMeasures) has an important role in the creation of an electronic platform for quality measurement.  This panel will provide an overview of the eMeasure life cycle, describing the importance of health IT in quality measurement and reporting.

Moderators: Floyd Eisenberg, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Health IT, NQF and Rosemary Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, Vice President, Health IT, NQF           

Speakers:   

• Pele Yu, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, St. Louis Children's Hospital
• Marjorie Rallins, DPM, DIrector, Clinical Informatics, American Medical Association
• Dana Alexander, RN, MSN, MBA, Vice President Integrated Care Delivery, Chief Nursing Officer 

Measure Applications Partnership: Identifying the “Right” Measures for Public Reporting and Payment - Regency B 

With one full year under its belt, the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) has accomplished a great deal.  The NQF-convened public-private partnership has provided extensive input to HHS on the selection of performance measures for public reporting and performance-based payment programs.  MAP developed Measure Selection Criteria to evaluate measures under consideration for use in federal rulemaking through an innovative upstream process.  In addition, the MAP workgroups generated measurement coordination strategies to inform their decisions about the best measures for various programs.  Join the MAP workgroup chairs as they discuss their accomplishments over the past year, the tough issues each group grappled with, and the forward-looking opportunities they see for the MAP in 2012 and beyond.  The panel discussion will conclude with an opportunity for audience Q&A. 

Moderators:  Tom Valuck, MD, JD, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, NQF and Constance Hwang, MD, MPH, Vice President, Measures Application Partnership, NQF

Speakers:  

• Frank Opelka, MD, Chair of the Surgical Quality Alliance, Louisiana State University (MAP Hospital and Ad Hoc Safety Workgroup Chair)
• Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Senior Fellow & Director, The Brookings Institute (MAP Clinician Workgroup Chair)
• Jennie Chin Hansen, CEO, American Geriatrics Society (MAP Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Workgroup Member)
• Carol Raphael, MPA, President and CEO, Visiting Nurse Service of New York (MAP Post-Acute Care/Long-Term care Workgroup Chair)
• Eugene C. Nelson, Director, Population Health and Measurement, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Implementing the National Quality Strategy at the Community Level - Regency D 

Defining and implementing measurement and accountability programs is imperative to improving health and healthcare at the local, state and national levels. Information and tools from NQF often play an important role in getting these activities off the ground. This interactive session will explore the NQF connections to the important work of implementing programs that require partnership among local, state and national leaders, including challenges, solutions, and future needs.

Specific topics include: 

• Aligning with the National Quality Strategy;
• Developing and testing new measures in the field;
• Ensuring that best in class measures become NQF-endorsed;
• Providing input on public reporting requirements and performance-based payment incentives from the federal government; and
• Accessing data sources useful for performance measurement.

In addition to covering the many ways NQF activities help address the needs above, the session will explore two new interactive tools, The Quality Positioning System and The Community Tool to Align Measurement, from NQF designed specifically to support performance improvement programs in the field.

Moderators:  

• Karen Adams, PhD, Vice President, National Priorities, NQF
• Diane Stollenwerk, MPP, Vice President, Community Alliances, NQF

Speakers:
 

• Susan Frampton, PhD, President, Planetree
• Lori Lambert, Director of Measurement and Reporting, Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation

12:15pm - 12:30pm 

Break 

12:30pm - 2:00pm  

Lunch And Individual Council Meetings 

Members will collect lunch before breaking into individual council meetings. Council meeting agenda includes time for networking, general council business, and focused discussion on topics directly affecting the education conference to set the stage for the next day's events as they pertain to each council's focus.

2:00pm - 3:30pm  

3:30pm - 3:45pm

3:45pm - 5:15pm 

Membership Breakouts (Options repeated from morning sessions)

Break 

Membership Breakouts (Options repeated from morning sessions) 

Final Remarks 

EDUCATION CONFERENCE 

Thursday, April 5, 2012
 

7:00am - 8:00am  

Registration And Continental Breakfast 

8:00am - 8:15am  

Welcome And Opening Remarks 

Welcome and brief overview of pre-conference survey data collected before the conference and review of how NQF initiatives aim at achieving greater patient and family centeredness.

Speaker: Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA, President and CEO, National Quality Forum 

8:15am - 8:45am  

Setting The Stage 

The opening keynote will offer framing comments to help the audience build a shared vision for patient and family centeredness. Dr. Gruman will share her perspective on our current health care system "through the patient's eyes" and recommendations for how to make the system more patient and family centered.

Keynote: Jessie Gruman, PhD, President and Founder, Center for Advancing Health 

8:45am - 9:15am  

Policy Initiatives: The Patient-Centered Outcomes Institute 

This session will discuss the new Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), aimed at helping people make informed care decisions. Dr. Selby will review PCORI's policy and research agenda, which is focused on the outcomes that matter most to patients, such as health functioning and quality of life, and reflecting individual preferences.

Keynote: Joe Selby, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute

9:15am - 9:45am  

Policy Initiatives: Making Care "Seamless"  

This session will provide an overview of the various initiatives within HHS, including the demonstration projects of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center, intended to improve care coordination, patient engagement, and management of the entire patient-focused episode.

Keynote: Richard Baron, MD, Director, Seamless Care Models, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center 

9:45am - 10:00am 

10:00am - 11:00am 

Patient-Centered Healthcare Delivery: Would We Know It if We Saw It? 

This discussion will focus on what patient-centered healthcare really means for governance, healthcare system organization, health professional training and team formation – what it would look like and how the current system will need to change to truly deliver a patient centered healthcare system. Following the keynote presentation, a reactor panel of NQF leaders will share viewpoints from the purchaser, health plan and community stakeholder councils' perspectives.

Moderator: Debra Ness, President, National Partnership for Woman & Families

Keynote: Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, Executive Director, The John D. Stoeckle Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Reactor Panel:  

• Louise Probst, RN, MBA, Executive Director, St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition and NQF Purchaser Council Vice-Chair
• Thomas James, III, MD, Medical Director, National Network, Humana, Inc. and NQF Health Plan Council Chair
• Marcia Wilson, PhD, MBA, Associate Director of Regional Support, National Program Office, Aligning Forces for Quality and NQF Public/Community Health Agency Council Chair

11:00am - 12:00pm 

Health Information Technology (Health It) and Patient Engagement 

This roundtable discussion of expert panelists will discuss opportunities to enhance patient engagement and outcomes through the use of health IT, including personal health records, smart phone applications, and kiosks. Showcasing innovative approaches and technologies, this session will provide an overview of leading HIT applications that help patients manage their health, carry out their treatment plans, and communicate with members of the care team.

Moderator: Patricia Hinton-Walker, PhD, RN, FAAN, Vice President for Policy & Strategic Initiatives and Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Roundtable:  

• Jack Lewin, MD, CEO, American College of Cardiology  
• Shelagh Mulvaney, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University
• Donna Cryer, JD, Chief Executive Officer, CryerHealth  

Break

John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards 

Presented in memory of Dr. John M. Eisenberg, a highly respected national leader in healthcare quality, the awards recognize individuals and healthcare organizations that have made significant contributions to improving patient safety.

Co-Presenters:  

• Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA, President and CEO, National Quality Forum 
• Award recipients (announced in February 2012)
• Jerod M. Loeb, PhD, Excecutive Vice President for Healthcare Quality Evaluation, The Joint Commission
• Ana Pujols McKee, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, The Joint Commission

2:00pm - 2:15pm

2:15pm - 3:00pm  

Break

The Challenges of Measurement 

This panel will discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the two major domains of patient-centered measurement: patient engagement in decision making and patient perceptions of care.

Moderator: Paul Convery, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Baylor Health Care System

Speakers: 

• Michael Barry, MD, President, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
• Jessica Greene, PhD, Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon  

3:00pm - 3:30pm 

Using Patient-Centered Measures to Transform Healthcare Delivery 

The closing keynote speaker will address how a leading-edge system successfully uses patient-centered measurement tools to encourage more substantive, meaningful patient and family engagement and how these instruments can help improve care delivery. The speaker will share lessons learned that can be applied by various stakeholders seeking to help move their organization toward more effective patient-centered measurement strategies.

Keynote: Ziad Haydar, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Ascension Health

3:30pm  

Wrap-Up and Closing  

Speaker: Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA, President and CEO, National Quality Forum