The forum fosters cross-sector collaboration and engages health plans, providers and community organizations to address quality at a systemic level. It is a space for partnerships that can lead to measurable quality improvement.

Insights and Strategies 

Explore integrated sessions on virtual care access, rural health, maternal and birth outcomes, quality care for populations with disabilities and more.

Workshops

Hands-on training in NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation and Virtual Care Accreditation programs, providing practical tools and frameworks to drive immediate change in your organizations.

Sessions

Monday April 7
Tuesday April 8
7:30 AM
Badge Pickup and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM
Opening Remarks
8:45 AM
Keynote: Policy Environment: Headwinds and Tailwinds - State of Maryland
9:45 AM
Birth Equity Accountability through Measurement Project (BEAM)
Rural Health Divide: Leveraging Virtual Care to Tackle Rural Health Disparities
A Case Study in Data Usage: North Carolina's Experience Using Data to Drive Outcomes
10:30 AM
Coffee Break & Solutions Showcase
11:15 AM
Building Toward Efficient and Effective Data Sharing to Address Social Needs
Current Efforts to Create Accessible Systems of Care for Populations with Disabilities
Virtual Care: Patient Access and Choice
12:00 PM
Networking Lunch
1:15 PM
Building Trust and Engagement: Expanding Virtual Health Services in Rural Areas
Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs): Addressing the Challenges of Access for Special Populations
2:15 PM
Pre-Workshop Q&A: Health Equity and Virtual Care Accreditation
3:15 PM
Day One Wrap Up
3:30 PM
Solutions Showcase and Networking Social
7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast and Solutions Showcase
8:30 AM
Keynote
9:30 AM
Accreditation Workshop - Health Equity 101 (Part 1)
Supporting Digital Literacy for Older Adults
10:15 AM
Creating Virtual Access to Chronic Condition Management
Accreditation Workshop - Health Equity 101 (Part 2)
11:15 AM
Session: Meet the Solution Providers
11:45 AM
Networking Lunch
1:00 PM
Accreditation Workshop - Virtual Care (Part 1)
Turning Health Disparities Into Opportunities
1:45 PM
Going Beyond "Community Health Needs Assessment" to Understand and Act to Address Health Disparities
Accreditation Workshop - Virtual Care (Part2)
2:45 PM
Addressing the Digital Divide for People With Disabilities through Human-Centered Design
Accreditation Workshops - Health Equity 201 (Part 1)
3:30 PM
Accreditation Workshops - Health Equity 201 (Part 2)
4:15 PM
Reflections and Closing
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