Final Agenda

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON QUALITY MEETING

National Center for Health Statistics
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Hyattsville, MD 20782
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October 13 – 14, 2009

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Meeting Summary

Tuesday, October 13

Transcript

The Meaningful Measure Supply Chain
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Introductions

  • Overview
  • Goals
  • Role of NCVHS and the hearing
Justine Carr, Co-chair
Subcommitee on Quality, NCVHS
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
  • Setting priorities for measurement

NQF National Priorities Partnership and NQF work towards meaningful use measures

Helen Burstin, NQF
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. What makes a measure meaningful?

  • Development process
  • Adoptability
  • Right measures
  • Outcomes vs. process measures
  • Structural vs. behavioral measures
  • Subject Areas
Helen BurstinNQF

David ReubenABIM

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Current measure development, endorsement, and adoption process

  • Participants and roles
  • Data sources
  • Strengths
  • Shortcomings
  • Linkage with EHRs
  • What aspects of the current process support development of meaningful measures?
  • Which don’t?
  • Addressing sub-populations
  • Use of new data sources (e.g. EHRs and user-generated)
Karen KmeticAMA

Sarah ScholleNCQA

Bernie RosofQHC

Frank OpelkaLouisiana State University

2:30 – 3:15 p.m. Building Meaningful Measures – Adoptability

  • Specifications
  • Linkage with Health IT
  • New data sources
  • Data collection
  • Update/keeping measures current
Floyd EisenbergNQF

Blackford Middleton, Subcommittee on Quality, NCVHS

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Meaningful measures for care coordination

  • Current measures
  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses
  • What makes a measure meaningful?
  • Recommendations
Sarah Hudson ScholleNCQA

Kathy McDonald, Stanford University (By Phone)

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Re-cap and Discussion
Wednesday, October 14

Transcript

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
  • Agenda
  • Recap of Oct 13 testimony
  • Discussion of national priority measure sets
Paul Tang, Co-chair
Subcommittee on Quality, NCVHS
Carolyn ClancyAHRQ
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Meaningful measures of disparities

  • Current measures
  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses
  • What makes a measure meaningful?
  • Recommendations
Ernie MoyAHRQ

Kalahn Taylor-ClarkBrookings Institution

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 – 12:30 p.m. Meaningful measures of value (including efficiency)

  • Current measures
  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses
  • What makes a measure meaningful?
  • Recommendations
Michael RappDHHS/CMS

Joachim RoskiBrookings Institution

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Break for Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Meaningful measures of integration, population health and health status

  • Current measures
  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses
  • What makes a measure meaningful?
  • Recommendations
Linda HarrisDHHS/OS/OPHS

Floyd Eisenberg, NQF (By Phone)

2:30 – 3:0 p.m. Summary, Discussion and Next Steps

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October 20, 2009