FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: National Policy Issue Advisory Board National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality HHS 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/HHSFACA942.xml) ] [ Federated Name : (urn:www.hhs.gov:agency:32:committee:942:) ] [ Agency Name : (Department of Health and Human Services) ] [ Agency Acronym : (HHS) ] [ Agency Domain : (www.hhs.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.hhs.gov/) ] [ Committee Name : (National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality) ] [ Committee Type : (National Policy Issue Advisory Board) ] [ Committee Web Site : (http://www.ahrq.gov/about/council.htm) ] [ Goal? : (yes) ] [ Vision? : (yes) ] [ Mission? : (yes) ] Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/about/council.htm The Council shall consist of 21 appropriately qualified individuals. At least 17 members of the Advisory Council shall be representatives of the public who are not officers or employees of the United States and at least 1 member who shall be a specialist in the rural aspects of 1 or more of the following professions or fields. Of such members: 3 shall be individuals distinguished in the conduct of research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care; 3 shall be individuals distinguished in the fields of health care quality research or health care improvement; 3 shall be individuals distinguished in the practice of medicine of whom at least one shall be a primary care practitioner; 3 shall be individuals distinguished in the other health professions; 3 shall be individuals either representing the private health care sector, including health plans, providers, and purchasers or individuals distinguished as administrators of health care delivery systems; 3 shall be individuals distinguished in the fields of health care economics, information systems, law, ethics, business, or public policy; and 3 shall be individuals representing the interests of patients and consumers of health care.The Council also shall include Federal officials as ex officio members. The Secretary shall designate as ex officio members of the Advisory Council: the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the CMS, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), and the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such other Federal officials as the Secretary may consider appropriate may also be appointed. The Charter of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality, as provided for under P.L. 92-463, Section 921 establishes two functions: 1) the Council shall advise the Secretary and the Director with respect to activities to carry out the purpose of the Agency under section 901(b); and make recommendations to the Secretary of HHS and the Director on matters related to actions of the Agency to enhance the quality, improve the outcomes, and reduce the costs of health care services, as well as improve access to such services, through scientific research and the promotion of improvements in clinical practice and in the organization, financing, and delivery of health care services 2) the Council shall advise the Secretary and Director through recommendations regarding priorities for a national agenda and strategy for: priorities regarding health care research , especially studies related to quality, outcomes, cost and utilization of, and access to, health care services; the field of health care research and related disciplines, especially issues related to training needs,, and dissemination of information pertaining to health care quality; and the appropriate role of the Agency in each of these areas in light of private sector activity and identification of opportunities for public-private partnerships. 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 The National Advisory Council (NAC) provides advice to the Secretary of DHHS and the Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on matters related to AHRQ activities to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare for all Americans. As a result of the Agency's increased emphasis on strategic planning, the Agency has shifted from a focus on output and process measurement to a focus on outcome measures. The NAC has been extremely helpful in working through this process and new focus through in depth discussions at meetings held throughout the year. Individual NAC members also work with Agency staff on an ongoing basis throughout the year needed. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 This Council was established by Congress in recognition of the absence of such a formal body of advisors to the Secretary, HHS and Director, AHRQ on matters related to AHRQ. It is the Agency's responsibility, under law, to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health care services and access to such services through scientific research and the promotion of improvements in clinical practice, organization, financing, and delivery of health care services. The currently serving Council members represent expertise in a variety of areas such as managed care, health services research, direct care delivery, consumer health and law, health economics, and health benefits. It is the intent of the Congress that advice and assistance in this area be provided by a broadbased representative group of distinguished individuals. The Council is governed by provisions of P.L. 92-463 (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees. e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com