| 8:00 to 9:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 9:00 to 9:05 |
Welcome |
Eileen Zerhusen, RN, BSN Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| 9:05 to 9:35 a.m. |
Strategies Today for Higher Quality Tomorrow |
Brady Augustine, MS
CMS |
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| 9:35 to 11:00 a.m. |
Dialysis Facility Compare (DFC) Website Evaluation |
Michael Trisolini, PhD, MBA
Research Triangle Institute (RTI) |
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| 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. |
Discussion/Questions |
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| 11:50 to 12:00 noon |
Wrap-Up/Future Plans |
CMS/RTI |
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| 12:00 to 1:15 p.m |
Lunch on your own |
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| 1:15 to 1:20 p.m. |
Introduction of ESRD CAHPS (Patient Experience of Care Survey) |
Brady Augustine, MS
CMS |
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| 1:20 to 2:00 p.m. |
CMS CAHPS Initiative |
Elizabeth Goldstein, PhD CMS |
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| 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. |
The ESRD Feasibility Report:
Findings and Recommendations |
Beth Kosiak, PhD
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) |
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| 2:30 to 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
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| 2:45 to 3:05 p.m. |
Development of the ESRD CAHPS Survey |
Trish Gallagher, PhD
Harvard |
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| 3:05 to 3:35 p.m. |
Cognitive Testing:
Process and Results |
Roger Levine, PhD
American Institutes for Research |
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| 3:35 to 3:55 p.m. |
Pilot Testing of the ESRD CAHPS Survey |
Beverly Weidmer, MA
RAND |
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| 3:55 to 5:00 p.m. |
Wrap-Up/Future Plans |
CMS/AHRQ |
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