Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (2025)
Chapter: Appendix H: Meeting Agenda for November 1, 2021, Meeting on Collecting Data to Ensure Equity in Payment Policy
APPENDIX H
MEETING AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2021, MEETING ON COLLECTING DATA TO ENSURE EQUITY IN PAYMENT POLICY
CATALYZING INNOVATIVE HEALTH SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION
to Inform the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
A Discussion Series convened by the National Academy of Medicine
COLLECTING DATA TO ENSURE EQUITY IN PAYMENT POLICY
Monday, November 1, 2021
1:00pm - 4:30pm ET
FOCUS
Drawing from available knowledge and experience, provide advice to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) on an efficient and effective approach to the conceptual and practical matters involved in the collection and application of race/ethnicity, language, and other data to inform payment policies.
OBJECTIVES
- Context: Identify issues in play, current practices in collecting relevant data, legal authorities, and approaches and experiences of agencies that might inform CMMI and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services efforts.
- Barriers: Discuss challenges and approaches to resolving issues related to reporting burden, privacy, regulatory and legal authority, and clinician and patient trust.
- Implementation: Consider strategic partners and leadership roles in addressing barriers.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
Clear insights on the likely barriers to collecting, sharing, and using data to advance equity and suggestions for implementation strategies and priorities.
| 1:00 PM | Welcome and Meeting Overview |
Welcome and opening remarks from the National Academy of Medicine and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).
Michael McGinnis, National Academy of Medicine
Liz Fowler, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Dora Hughes, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
| 1:15 PM | Presentation: Landscape of Data Collection to Support Equity |
Remarks will highlight the current landscape of, and lessons learned from data collection to support equity across states, payers, providers, and health systems, as well as identify challenges and opportunities for scaling implementation. The presentation will also provide an inspiring future vision.
Cara James, Grantmakers In Health
| 1:45 PM | Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Data to Collect to Support Equity in Payment Policy |
During this session, stakeholders will share perspectives on capturing and using data on race/ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation/gender identity, and drivers of health, including considerations for collecting and reporting of data in CMMI demonstrations and models, and strategies for alignment and data sharing across key stakeholders (e.g., providers, payers). Leaders from community organizations will provide comments and reflections.
Moderator: Michael McGinnis, National Academy of Medicine
David R. Nerenz, Henry Ford Health System
Barbara Kornblau, Idaho State University
Sean Cahill, The Fenway Institute
Rocco Perla & Rebecca Onie, The Health Initiative
Alice Hm Chen, Covered California
| 3:00 PM | Open Discussion on the Priority Topics |
Moderated discussion between the participants will highlight current efforts underway to advance health equity and focus on short- and long-term convergent implementation steps for where data collection, sharing, and use can be accelerated. The discussion will identify key priorities and suggested approaches for CMMI facilitated efforts.
Moderator: Marshall Chin, University of Chicago
| 4:20 PM | Closing Remarks |
This session will offer brief reflections on the day and follow-up opportunities.
Julian Harris, Deerfield
Michael McGinnis, National Academy of Medicine
| 4:30 PM | Adjourn |
