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Final Agenda

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

Subcommittee on Populations

January 24-25, 2000

Room 705A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, SW
W ashington, D.C. 20201

Monday, January 24, 2000

Subject: Functional Assessment

Transcript
Minutes

10:00 a.m.	Call to Order and Introductions	Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.S. Chair
10:15 a.m.	Overview of Functional Assessment and Health Status: Issue Identification	William Braithwaite, M.D., Ph.D. ASPE Robert L. Kane, M.D. University of Minnesota School of Public Health
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
12:45 p.m.	Functional Assessment and Health Status: Lessons Learned	Donald Lollar, Ed.D. CDC Nancy Whitelaw, Ph.D. The National Council on the Aging
2:00 p.m.	Functional Assessment: Risk Adjustment and Rehabilitation Focus	Gretchen Swanson, D.P.T., M.P.H. Western University of Health Sciences Jinnet Fowles, Ph.D. HealthSystem, Minnesota Margaret Stineman, M.D. University of Pennsylvania
3:00 p.m.	Functional Assessment: Selected Focus Areas	Ruth Stein, M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Alice Kroliczak, Ph.D.HRSA Sally Kaplan, Ph.D. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
4:00 p.m.	Recap of the day and discussion of agenda for January 25, 2000 session	Subcommittee and Staff
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn	Lisa I. Iezzoni

Tuesday, January 25, 2000

SUBJECT: Functional Assessment

9:00 a.m.	Call to Order and Introductions	Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.S. Chair
9:15 a.m.	Discussion of Functional Assessment and Health Status Measures: Disability Perspective	Gerry Hendershot, Ph.D. NCHS Paul Placek, Ph.D. NCHS Allan Meyers, Ph.D. Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health Gretchen Swanson, D.P.T., M.P.H. Western University of Health Sciences
10:30 a.m.	Discussion of the next steps, work plan, and potential contractor support	Subcommittee and Staff
12:00 p.m.	Quality Aspects of Functional Assessment	Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.C.H., F.A.A.P. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Steve Clauser, Ph.D. HCFA
1:00 p.m.	Adjourn	Lisa I. Iezzoni

Times, topics, and speakers are subject to change. For final agenda, please call 301-436-7122 at NCHS or visit the NCVHS Home Page at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov.

Note: In the interest of security, the Department has instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey Building by non-government employees. Thus, persons without a government identification card may need to have the guard call for an escort to the meeting room.

February 16, 2000