Learn, collaborate and create actionable solutions that shape the future of quality health care.

The NCQA Health Quality Forum explores how states and their partners are improving care for vulnerable and underserved communities, with a focus on health disparities in communities facing the greatest barriers to quality care.

This two-day event in Baltimore, MD, will showcase public and private sector solutions addressing virtual care, rural access, maternal health, disability and more. 

 

Thanks to all who registered and attended the inaugural Health Equity Forum.

 

Visual Notes

Check out the visual notes of sessions from "The State of Health Care Quality Today: A Fireside Chat with Peggy O'Kane and Meena Seshamani," to panel discussions on virtual care access and choice, health disparities, data sharing to address social needs and more.

Visual Notes

New for 2025

Expanded content focusing on approaches for addressing disparities in vulnerable 
populations and underserved communities

 

Targeted 101- and 201-level content, from strategy to execution.

 

 Solutions and Services Showcase highlighting partners advancing 
initiatives and impactful services.

 

2025 Featured Speakers

Kisha Ali, Ph.D, MS
MedStar Health Research Institute
Research Scientist
Amelia Bedri
NCQA
Senior Content Engineer
Michael Crawford, MBA, MHL
Howard University
Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Innovation
Theresa Eagleson
Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design
Executive Director of Healthcare Strategy
Sonya Ebeling
MUSC Health
Director, South Carolina Telehealth Alliance
Laurel Ghose
VA Boston Healthcare System
Director, Connected Care
Josie Granner
NCQA
Applied Research Scientist
Stacy Grundy
NCQA
Director of Quality Sciences Innovation
Rachel Harrington
NCQA
Assistant Vice President, Health Equity
David Kelley
Office of Medical Assistance Programs, and Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Chief Medical Officer
Laura Kessel
Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine
SIU Medicine Telehealth Executive Director
Jessica Kuhn
North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority
Medicaid Quality and Population Health Systems Analyst
Becca Lane
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
Senior Health Policy Analyst
Gina Lathan
LathanHarris Inc.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Djinge Lindsay
Maryland Department of Health
Chief Medical Officer
Claire Mendelson
NCQA
Product Manager
Angela Mills
Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions
Senior Product Manager
Alexis Mohammed
Connecticut Department of Social Services
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Ann Mond Johnson
American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
CEO
Megan Morris
New York University Langone Health
Associate Professor
Larry Mull
NC Medicaid
Deputy Director, Program Evaluation
Katie Muther
ChristianaCare
Director of Nursing
Adrianna Nava
NCQA
Applied Research Scientist
Margaret O'Kane
NCQA
President
Jacqueline Ortiz, M.Phil
ChristianaCare
Vice President of Health Equity and Community Health
Ross Owen
HealthPartners
Director of Improvement and Integration
Susan Perez
The Praxis Project
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health
Rosalyn Perkins
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation
Director of High-Risk Pregnancy Program
Phylicia Porter
Baltimore City Council
Baltimore City Council Member
Megan Priolo
CRISP
Vice President & Executive Director
Katharine Royer
Community Action Association of Pennsylvania
Community Engagement Manager
Liz Ryder
NCQA
Assistant Director, Product Management
Maggie Schano
Highmark Health
Director of SDoH Network Management
Eric Schneider
NCQA
Executive Vice President
Meena Seshamani, MD, Ph.D
Incoming Secretary of the Department of Health for Maryland
Mark Stimson
Kaiser Permanente
Director, Digital Accessibility Program
Carol Tyson
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Government Affairs Liaison

 

Learn more about our sessions and speakers.

 

2024 Highlights