National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality

The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality provides advice and recommendations to AHRQ's director and to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on priorities for a national health services research agenda.

Overview | Meetings | Members | NAC Coordinators

Overview

The 21-member panel is comprised of private-sector experts who contribute a varied perspective on the health care system and the most important questions that AHRQ's research should address in order to promote improvements in the quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of clinical practice. The private-sector members represent health care plans, providers, purchasers, consumers, and researchers.

Also serving in an ex-officio capacity are principal representatives of seven Federal agencies that address health care system issues: The National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Department of Defense (Health Affairs) (DoD); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly the Health Care Financing Administration [HCFA]); and the Assistant Secretary for Health.

Private-sector members are appointed by the Secretary, HHS, to serve 3-year terms. A list of current members follows. Biographies are available as a group or individually by selecting the member's name.

For more details about the Council, please visit the Council Charter Documents.

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Meetings

Council meetings are open to the public. Please check the Federal Register Notice of Public Meeting to confirm meeting times and location.

AHRQ will not convene its March 24, 2017, Council meeting and has announced the cancellation in the Federal Register as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The next Council meeting is planned for July 26, 2017, at 5600 Fishers Lane in Rockville, MD. AHRQ will publish a Federal Register notice in advance of the July meeting.

Review meeting minutes from 2009 to the present.

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Members

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NAC Coordinators

Jaime Zimmerman, MPH
NAC Coordinator
Office of the Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 427-1456
Email: jaime.zimmerman@ahrq.hhs.gov

Karen Brooks
Office of the Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 427-1801
Email: karen.brooks@ahrq.hhs.gov

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