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Rheumatology Quality Stakeholders’ Summit
September 20, 2007, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Hamilton Crowne Plaza, Washington, D.C.

8:00-8:15 AM    Introductory Remarks Adobe Acrobat PDF icon

  1. Welcome, Neal Birnbaum, MD
  2. Review Meeting Purpose and Agenda, Stan Cohen, MD
  3. Review of ACR Quality Activities, Dan Solomon, MD, MPH

8:15-8:45 AM     ABIM’s Role in the Quality Movement Adobe Acrobat PDF icon, Christine Cassel, MD, President, ABIM

8:45 AM-12:15 PM   Quality Indicators for Arthritis

  1. ACR Quality Indicators Adobe Acrobat PDF icon, Catherine MacLean, MD, WellPoint
  2. CMS Perspective Adobe Acrobat PDF icon, Thomas Valuck, MD, CMS 
  3. Employer Perspective Adobe Acrobat PDF icon, Edison Machado Jr., MD, MBA, Bridges to Excellence

10:00-10:15 AM  Break              

  1. Insurance Company Perspectives 
    1. Stanford Shoor, MD, Kaiser Permanente Adobe Acrobat PDF icon
    2. Catherine MacLean, MD, WellPoint, Inc Adobe Acrobat PDF icon
    3. Lewis Sandy, MD, UnitedHealth Group Adobe Acrobat PDF icon
    4. Thomas Lynn, MD, Ingenix/Symmetry Products Adobe Acrobat PDF icon

Panel Discussion

12:15-1:00 PM  Lunch

1:00-3:00 PM    The Future of Quality Measures: From Process to Outcomes and Efficiency

  1. Defining Efficiency Measurement Adobe Acrobat PDF icon, Ryan Mutter, PhD, AHRQ
  2. Defining Outcome Measurement Adobe Acrobat PDF icon, Larry Anderson, MD, MMC-PHO
  3. Quality Organizations’ Perspective Adobe Acrobat PDF icon, Helen Burstin MD, MPH, NQF  
  4. Weighing the Pros and Cons of Process, Outcomes and Efficiency Adobe Acrobat PDF icon, Robert Brook, MD, ScD, RAND

Panel Discussion

3:00-3:15 PM   Conclusions and Next Steps – Dan Solomon, MD, MPH

3:15-3:30 PM    Break

3:30-4:30 PM    ACR Quality Management Tool Adobe Acrobat PDF icon Outcome Sciences Staff

  1. Demonstration of ACR Quality Management Tool (QMT)
  2. Q&A re: tool