AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet April 15

Media Advisory: April 8, 2005

The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality will meet on Friday, April 15. The Council provides advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on matters related to AHRQ's customers and health services researchers.

The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin with an update on the status of the Agency's current research, programs, and initiatives. The Council will discuss developing a core infrastructure for action and will hear from CMS Administrator Mark McClellan, M.D., on the quality strategy at CMS. An overview of the Council and the meeting agenda are available on AHRQ's Web site at http://www.ahrq.gov/about/council.htm.

Date: Friday, April 15, 2005

Location: John M. Eisenberg Room (800), Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC, 20201

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Registration: No prior registration is required

Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations may contact Linda Reeves, EEO Manager, Division of Equal Employment Opportunity, Program Support Center by E-mail: lreeves@psc.gov; voice/relay at (301) 594-6665, or TTY (301) 443-0530. Please submit your request at your earliest convenience and hopefully no later than 3 days prior to the meeting.

For more information, please contact AHRQ Public Affairs: (301) 427-1866.

Internet Citation:

AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet April 15. Press Release, April 8, 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2005/nac0415pr.htm