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AHRQ and the Commonwealth Fund acknowledge the contributions of the November 9, 2006, colloquium participants:
Karen Adams, M.A., M.T., A.S.C.P.
National Quality Forum
Robert Berenson, M.D.
The Urban Institute
Becky Cherney
Central Florida Healthcare Coalition
Jon B. Christianson, Ph.D.
School of Public Health, University of Michigan
Carolyn Clancy, M.D.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Jan De La Mare, M.P.Aff.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A.
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Mary Beth Dyer, M.P.P.
Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC
Irene Fraser, Ph.D.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patricia Gabow, M.D.
Denver Health
Robert Galvin, M.D.
General Electric Company
Anne K. Gauthier, M.S.
The Commonwealth Fund
Stuart Guterman
The Commonwealth Fund
Michael Harrison, Ph.D.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Martin Hickey, M.D.
Excellus Health Plan
Sam Ho, M.D.
PacifiCare Health Plan
Brent James, M.D.
Intermountain Healthcare
Ashish Jha, M.D., M.P.H.
Harvard School of Public Health
Joanna Jiang, Ph.D.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Michele Johnson
Medical Group Management Association
Doris Lotz, M.D., M.P.H.
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Peggy McNamara, M.S.P.H.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Cynthia Palmer, M.Sc.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Barbara Rabson, M.P.H.
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
Margaret Reagan
Premier, Inc.
Denise Remus, Ph.D., R.N.
Premier, Inc.
Jeffrey Rich, M.D.
Mid-Atlantic Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Ltd.
William C. Rollow, M.D., M.P.H.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Meredith Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health
Michelle Serber
The Commonwealth Fund
Anthony Shih, M.D., M.P.H.
The Commonwealth Fund
Richard Sorian, M.D., M.P.H.
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Karen Titlow Linscott, M.A., PT
The Leapfrog Group
Tom Valuck, M.D., M.H.S.A.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Dennis White
National Business Coalition on Health
Gail Wilensky, Ph.D.
Project HOPE
Gary Young, J.D., Ph.D.
School of Public Health,
Boston University
Facilitator
Lawrence Bartlett, Ph.D.
Health Systems Research, Inc.
AHRQ Publication No. 07-0055-EF
Current as of March 2007
Internet Citation:
Toward a Research Agenda on Quality-Payment Alignment: Findings From an Invitational Colloquium. AHRQ Publication No. 07-0055-EF, March 2007, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qpayment.htm
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