National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Agenda

March 27, 2015

Agenda for the upcoming meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality (NAC).

Date: March 27, 2015
Time: 7:30 am - 2:45 pm
Location: John M. Eisenberg Building, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Select for Map and Directions.
Web cast: This meeting will be available by Web cast. To view the meeting, go tohttp://www.webconferences.com/ahrq.
Contact: General Information, Jaime Zimmerman, (301) 427-1456; Public Affairs, Alison Hunt, (301) 427-1244.

Agenda

Time	Event
7:30 – 8:30 am	Subcommittee Meeting for National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report
8:30 – 8:35 am	Call to Order and Approval of November 7, 2014, Meeting Summary
8:35 - 10:30 am	Director's Update and Strategic Directions Richard Kronick, Ph.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
10:30 - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 - 11:30 am	Selected Internal AHRQ Research on Access and Affordability "Surgical Site Infections Following Ambulatory Surgery Procedures:" Claudia Steiner, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, AHRQ "Hospital Inpatient Utilization Related to Opioid Overuse Among Adults, 1993-2012:" Raynard E. Washington, Ph.D., M.P.H. Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, AHRQ "Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act:he Impact of Dependent Care Coverage Expansion to Age 26:"* Herbert S. Wong, Ph.D., Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, AHRQ
11:30 - 11:45 am	Public Comment
11:45 am – 12:45 pm	Lunch
12:45 – 1:15 pm	Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Dissemination and Implementation Sharon Arnold, Ph.D., Deputy Director, AHRQ
1:15 - 2:00 pm	Selected Internal AHRQ Research on Access and Affordability (continued) "The Growing Gap Between Public and Private Payment Rates for Inpatient Hospital Care:"* Thomas M. Selden, Ph.D., Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, AHRQ "Does Public Insurance for Children Improve Single Mothers’ Health Care Use?:" Jessica Vistnes, Ph.D., Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, AHRQ "Many Families May Face Sharply Higher Costs if Public Health Insurance for Their Children Is Rolled Back:" Edward Miller, Ph.D., Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, AHRQ
2:00 – 2:15 pm	Public Comment
2:15 - 2:45 pm	Chairman's Wrap-up and NAC Input
2:45 pm	Adjournment

*Work in progress.

Meetings are open the public. All attendees must have a Government issued ID to enter the building.

Page last reviewed March 2015

Internet Citation: National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Agenda: March 27, 2015. March 2015. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-03-nac/agenda-032715.html