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press@qualityforum.orgNQF Conference Spotlights the Quality Imperative in Healthcare Reform
NQF Conference Spotlights the Quality Imperative in Healthcare Reform
National Quality Forum's (NQF) 10th Annual Conference “Beyond Measure: The Quality Imperative in Healthcare Reform" will bring together hundreds of healthcare leaders during a critical crossroads in American healthcare. All bills now before Congress include quality improvement provisions with lasting implications for the kind of care patients receive. In addition, an infusion of funding for health information technology represents a powerful new force for coordinating care, measuring performance across settings, and providing vital information about each patient and the latest, most effective treatments.
WHAT: National Quality Forum's “Beyond Measure: The Quality Imperative in Healthcare Reform” (Complete conference agenda below.)
WHO: Hundreds of leaders in American healthcare representing diverse groups — healthcare consumers, purchasers, practitioners, and policy makers throughout the public and private health sectors
Keynote speakers include:
• Nancy-Ann DeParle, Counselor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, will share the latest updates on the Obama Administration's efforts to enact reform legislation this year.
• David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the Department of Health and Human Services, will discuss progress in implementing funding for Health Information Technology that was provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• Glenn M. Hackbarth, MedPAC Chair, will outline the role of payment innovation in accomplishing healthcare reform and will highlight emerging models to help move from an outdated fee-for-service payment system, to one that rewards quality.
• Joanne Silberner, NPR health policy correspondent, will offer a news media perspective on the healthcare reform debate and prospects for action.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 14 from 5 - 6 PM and Thursday, October 15, from 8:30 AM – 5 PM
WHERE: Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland
WHY: While the outcome of federal healthcare legislation is uncertain, it will no doubt have implications for every facet of the healthcare system. The fragmented nature of American healthcare and an archaic payment system that rewards volume over value perpetuate disparate and disappointing results. Quality is at the center of increasing access, reducing costs, and serving American families' health and wellness needs. Health information technology has the potential to coordinate care, reduce errors, and provide more timely access to vital information.
The National Quality Forum works to raise standards for healthcare performance and to make high-quality care commonplace for every patient. NQF has set national priorities and goals for performance improvement, endorsed national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance, and promoted the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.
HOW: For media registration, email press@qualityforum.org
The mission of the National Quality Forum is to improve the quality of American healthcare by setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement, endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance, and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs. NQF, a nonprofit organization (qualityforum.org) with diverse stakeholders across the public and private health sectors, was established in 1999 and is based in Washington, DC.
AGENDA
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
5:00 PM Keynote: The Prospects for Significant Reform in 2010
Joanne Silberner, NPR, Health Policy Correspondent
Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:45 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks: The New Chapter in Quality
Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA, President and CEO, National Quality Forum
9:00 AM Population Health: A Critical Component of Health Reform
Gail M. Amundson, Quality Quest for Health of Illinois
Anne C. Beal, MD, MPH, Aetna Foundation
Captain Peter A. Briss, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:00 AM View from the White House
Nancy-Ann DeParle, Office for Health Reform
10:45 AM Health Information Technology — Putting Quality in the Driver’s Seat
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordination for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services
11:15 AM Teaching HIT to Speak Quality
Moderator: John Tooker, MD, MBA, American College of Physicians
Paul C. Tang, MD, MS, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
John Halamka, MD, MS, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
Deven McGraw, JD, LLM, MPH, Health Privacy Project/Center for Democracy & Technology
Richard Stephens, The Boeing Company
Norma Lang, PhD, RN, Wisconsin Regent Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Dean and Professor Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
12:30 PM John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards Luncheon
2:30 PM Comparative Effectiveness Research: Its Evolution and Impact on Quality
Moderator: Peter V. Lee, JD, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services
Sheldon Greenfield, MD, Center for Health Policy Research, School of Medicine, University of California
3:30 PM Federal Initiatives to Improve Care Quality by Safety-Net Providers
Mary K. Wakefield, PhD, RN, Health Resources and Services Administration
4:10 PM Payment Models that Reward Quality
Glenn M. Hackbarth JD, MedPAC
Reactor Panel:
Len M. Nichols, PhD, New America Foundation
Christopher F. Koller, Health Insurance Commissioner, Rhode Island
5:00 PM Adjourn
