1. National Priorities Partnership © Aligning Efforts to Make Care Safe, Effective & Affordable

2. The Affordable Care Act: A Framework & Resources for Measurement-Based Improvement 2  HHS must “establish a national strategy to improve the delivery of healthcare services, patient health outcomes, and population health”  The national strategy is to be shaped – and specified – with input from diverse healthcare leaders in the filed of health and healthcare  Coordination and alignment within the Federal government and across the public and private sectors is key to the ultimate success of the national strategy in transforming the US healthcare system

3. Enter the NPP 3 © National Priorities Partnership HHS Requests National Priorities Partnership (NPP) Counsel:  October 2010: NPP provides input to HHS to inform the development of the NQS  March 2011: HHS issues NQS based on the triple aim  September 2011: NPP input to HHS helps to make NQS more actionable: Identification of goals and measures Recommendation of strategic opportunities Consensus across key leaders about where they should drive their organizations

4.  Convened by the NQF – viewed as objective, neutral and experienced in building consensus  52 leaders across every key health and healthcare sector Consumers Purchasers Quality alliances Health professionals/providers State-based associations Community collaboratives & regional alliances Accreditation/certification groups Health plans Industry Federal agencies (AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, NIH, OMH, SAMHSA, VA, OPM)  Co-Chairs Susan Frampton, Planetree Bernie Rosof, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement Who is the NPP? 4 © National Priorities Partnership

5. NPP’s Dual Role 5 Priority setting and catalyzing action to advance the National Quality Strategy

6. National Quality Strategy— Long-Term Goals for Making Care Safer 6

7. National Quality Strategy— Long-Term Goals for Engaging Patients and Families 7

8. National Quality Strategy Goal— Long-Term Goals for Promoting Effective Communication and Care Coordination 8

9. National Quality Strategy— Long-Term Goals for Promoting the Best Prevention and Treatment for the Leading Causes of Mortality 9

10. National Quality Strategy Goals— Long-Term Goals for Working with Communities 10

11. 11 National Quality Strategy Goals— Long-Term Goals for Making Quality Care More Affordable

12. NPP Input on Three Sets of Strategies to Achieve the Aims of the NQS  One: A national strategy for data collection, measurement and reporting that supports measurement-based improvement so we know “how we are doing” against the NQS  Two: Community infrastructure (public-private) responsible for improvement efforts, resources for benchmarking and comparing performance, and mechanisms to identify, share and evaluate progress  Three: Payment and delivery system reform—emphasizing primary care—that rewards value over volume and promotes patient-centered outcomes, efficiency, and appropriate care while reducing waste 12

13. Our Collective Opportunity 13 Improving health and healthcare quality and affordability by:  Focusing on the same priorities/goals (we know we can’t do everything) – and sending unified signals with incentives/rewards  Collaborating with communities to foster healthy behaviors, key to health and well being  Using the same data platforms, measures and public reporting approaches  Removing fragmentation & complexity by coordinating across the public and private sectors The time is now to make our shared vision a reality.