Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting

Friday, July 24, 2015

8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.                Call to Order and Approval of March 27, 2015, Meeting Summary

8:35 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.               Director’s Update and Strategic Directions

                                                Richard Kronick, Ph.D.

                                                Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.             BREAK

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.             Quality Disparities Report Update

                                                Ernest Moy, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Officer, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

11:45 a.m. – 12 noon                Public Comment

12 noon – 1:00 p.m.                  LUNCH

Update on Surgeon General's Priorities

                                                Nazleen H. Bharmal, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.P.

                                                Director of Science and Policy

                                                Office of the Surgeon General

                                                Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

                                                U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.                Transparency

                                                Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
Christine Crofton, Ph.D.
CAHPS Project Officer
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

                                                Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                                                My Own Network, Powered by AHRQ (MONAHRQ)

                                                Virginia Mackay-Smith, M.P.H.

                                                Acting Director, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets

                                                Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                                                Future Directions

                                                Katherine Hempstead, Ph.D.
Team Director and Senior Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.                Public Comment

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.                Chairman’s Wrap-up and NAC Input

2:45 p.m.                                  ADJOURNMENT