Agenda 

6:45am - 5:30pm  

Registration 

7:30am - 8:30am  

Member Networking Breakfast and New Member Orientation 

8:45am - 9:00am  

Member Welcome and Introduction 

NQF leadership will welcome members, offer a brief organizational update, and set the stage for the conference.  

Speaker: Gerald Shea, Interim CEO, National Quality Forum

Opening Keynote Address  

Speaker: David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, CEO, The Commonwealth Fund

9:30am - 10:50am 

The Next Decade of Performance Measurement: How Do We Change to Serve an Evolving Healthcare System 

This session will offer a brief history of performance measurement over the last ten years; describe the current state of measures; summarize the major challenges and opportunities facing the quality community; and offer ideas on where we can collectively focus our efforts to meet emerging needs. A reactor panel will provide perspectives on these major areas of focus.

Moderator: Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Performance Measures, National Quality Forum

Speakers:  

• David Lansky, PhD, CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health  
• Elizabeth A. Mort, MD, Senior Vice President, Quality & Safety, Chief Quality Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGPO, Senior Medical Director, Partners HealthCare, Inc.

10:50am - 11:05am 

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Harnessing Experiences from the Field to Enrich the Future of Performance Measurement 

This session will present the concept of building real-time, reliable, field-driven feedback loops regarding measure availability, selection, and use. A reactor panel comprised of various leaders using performance measures as part of quality improvement will discuss the value of such feedback loops and offer key considerations to guide the build-out of a more formal feedback system.

Moderator: Tom Valuck, MD, JD, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, National Quality Forum

Speakers:  

• Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO, Maine Health Management Coalition
• Frank G. Opelka, MD, LSU System Executive Vice President for Health Care and Medical Education Redesign
• Mary Barton, MD, MPP, vice President, Performance Measurement, National Committee for Quality Assurance

12:20pm - 2:00pm  

Lunch and Council Meetings: What Does the National Quality Strategy Mean To Me, and How Are We Advancing It? 

Members will collect lunch and break into council sessions. Members will participate in a facilitated discussion around the National Quality Strategy (NQS), what the NQS means to them, and what they need to advance it within their constituencies.

2:00pm - 2:15pm 

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2:15pm - 3:30pm 

Membership Breakout Sessions – Concurrent session options (select one) 

These sessions are structured around core issues where NQF and its members can make an immediate impact and serve public good.

Option 1 - Prioritizing Measure Gaps: Which measures do we need first and why? 

Moderator: Susan Frampton, PhD, President, Planetree

Option 2 - Establishing Two-Way Information-Sharing on Measures and Their Use: How do we effectively harness measure use experience and data to inform future activity?

Moderator: Diane Stollenwerk, MPP, Vice President, Stakeholder Collaborations, National Quality Forum

Speakers: 

• Craig Brammer, CEO, Healthbridge
• David M. Shahian, MD, Vice President, Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Chair, Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on National Databases

Membership Breakout Sessions – Concurrent session options (select one) 

These sessions are structured around core issues where NQF and its members can make an immediate impact and serve public good.

Option 1 - Filling Measure Gaps Faster: 

What strategies and tools are needed to help the field develop the most needed measures as quickly as possible?

Moderator: Peter Briss, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Center for Disease Control

Speakers: 

• Lee Partridge, Senior Health Policy Advisor, National Partnership for Women and Families
• Sarah L. Sampsel, MPH, Senior Director, Quality, New Mexico Health Connections
• Sharon Sprenger, MPA, RHIA, CPHQ, Project Director, Group on Performance Measurement, The Joint Commission

Option 2: Advancing Electronic Measurement: What kind of learning network will be most effective in supporting those working to develop and implement e-Measures?

Moderator: Beth Franklin, RN, MS, Senior Project Director, eMeasure Quality, Health Information Technology, National Quality Forum

Speakers: 

• Zahid Butt, MD, President and CEO, Medisolv, Inc.
• Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP, Medical Director of Meaningful Use, ONC, Department of Health and Human Services
• Maggie Lohnes, RN, CPHIMS, Quality Strategy – Enterprise Intelligence, McKesson Corporation

Each group will specifically discuss:  

• What are the most significant barriers to achieving the goals?
• What can each participant contribute to being part of the solution?
• Who else needs to be part of the solution?
• What specific role can NQF play to advance these goals?

5:15pm - 6:45pm 

Presentation of the National Quality Healthcare Award and Networking Reception (open to all conference attendees)    

7:00am - 8:00am  

Registration and Continental Breakfast 

Council Leader Breakfast (Closed) 

8:00am - 8:15am  

Welcome and Opening Remarks  

8:15am - 8:45am  

Opening Keynote: Building a Shared Vision for Quality Improvement  

The opening keynote will provide framing remarks around measure use and the role of collaboration in fostering progress.

Speaker: Christine Cassel, MD, President Elect, National Quality Forum

8:45am - 9:15am  

Policy Perspectives: The Future of Quality 

This discussion will focus on the current health care policy environment and the path forward. Given the recent election, this session will focus on the current policy priorities, the future of performance improvement and quality measurement.

Speaker:  Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office of Clinical Standards, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

9:15am - 10:00am  

The Frontlines of Quality Measurement: Lessons from the Field, Part One  

The panel discussion will focus on efforts to bring new high-impact measures forward and build a data infrastructure able to support such measurement. Leaders in the quality field will also discuss how they are working to align measures and incentives to spur system-wide improvement.  

Moderator: Ann E. Watt, MBA, Associate Director, Department of Quality Measurement, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation, The Joint Commission

Speakers: 

• James Chase, President, Minnesota Community Measurement
• Peter McGough, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Chief Medical Officer, UW Neighborhood Clinics  
• Carolyn L. Kerrigan, MD, MSc, Professor of Surgery and The Dartmouth Institute Residency Program Director, Plastic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

10:00am - 10:15am 

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10:15am - 11:00am 

The Frontlines of Quality Measurement: Lessons from the Field, Part Two 

This session will focus on identifying high-impact measures from the measure user perspective. Speakers will discuss areas of measurement that are of greatest importance for their community, how they have designed measurement programs where the measures they need do not exist, and discuss ways in which measures users and developers could collaborate moving forward. Participants should gain a better understanding of the key high impact measurement areas that are important to those who use measures in their work. 

Moderator: Ann E. Watt, MBA, Associate Director, Department of Quality Measurement, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation, The Joint Commission

Speakers: 

• Robert A. Greene, MD, National Vice President Clinical Services, Clinical Analytics, UnitedHealthcare 
• David L. Knowlton, President and CEO, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
• Marla Weston, PhD, RN, FAAN, CEO, American Nurses Association
• Nancy Wilson, MD, MPH, Senior Advisory, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

BREAK 

11:15am - 12:15pm  

The Path Forward: Breakout Sessions – Concurrent Session Options (select one)   

These sessions will focus on the path forward to accelerating change.

Option 1 - Reducing Measurement Burden 

This panel will discuss the challenges of measurement fatigue and burden, with a focus on strategies they have developed to overcome these challenges.

Speakers: 

• James Feldman, MD, MPH, FACEP, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center
• Shari Ling, MD, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  
• Gerald Shea, Interim CEO, National Quality Forum
• Cristie Travis, CEO, Memphis Business Group on Health

Option 2 - Measurement Innovation: Learning from the Field 

This panel will highlight examples of how work at the local level to accelerate measure development can be translated nationally (as national consensus standards).

Speakers: 

• Cathy Davis, Director, UAW-Ford Community Health Care Initiative
• Peter McGough, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Chief Medical Officer, UW Neighborhood Clinics

12:15pm - 1:45pm 

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. 

Speakers: 

• Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Margaret Van Amringe, MHS, Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations, The Joint Commission

1:45pm - 2:00pm  

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2:00pm - 3:00pm 

The Path Forward: Breakout Sessions – Concurrent session options (select one) 

These sessions will focus on the path forward to accelerating change. 

Option 1 - Beyond Measures: Collaboration to Accelerate Health Care Change  

Conference attendees will discuss the challenges and opportunities of working collectively to spur quality improvement. This session may include purchasers, health plans and providers to demonstrate how collaboration across stakeholders is needed to accelerate change; and will be organized around a specific topic such as authentically engaging patients and their families.

Speakers: 

• Maureen Corry, MPH, Executive Director, Childbirth Connection  
• Michael Lepore, PhD, Director of Quality, Research, and Evaluation, Plantetree  
• Richard Hanke, Patient Representative  

Option 2 - Measure Users' Role in eMeasure Development 

Electronic measurement holds great promise to help improve quality and reduce measurement burden, but is complex and can be difficult to implement. Due to limited resources, it is critical to prioritize which issues are most important and feasible to address using e-Measures. In addition, it is essential to try and prevent unintended consequences. Participants will discuss how building a dynamic learning network between electronic health record experts and the performance measure community is essential to advancing the development and deployment of e-measures.

Speakers: 

• Andy Amster, Director, Center for Healthcare Analytics, Kaiser Permanente
• Andrew Hamilton, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Clinical Informatics, Alliance of Chicago 
• Kristine Martin-Anderson, MBA, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

3:00pm - 3:30pm 

Closing Keynote and Wrap Up  

This session will provide participants with a view forward of the topics discussed, and the steps needed collectively to get there.