Two of the federal government’s top health care officials—Carolyn Clancy, M.D., and David Brailer, M.D., Ph.D.—have joined the faculty of the 9th Annual California Health Care Leadership Academy. This year’s academy is May 5-7 in Indian Wells.

Dr. Clancy is director of the U.S. Department of Health Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which is dedicated to improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care. Dr. Clancy will discuss the forces driving outcomes-based reimbursement and quality incentives, including “pay for performance.”

Appointed by the president as the nation’s first health information technology coordinator, Dr. Brailer has been charged with improving safety and efficiency by leading the paper-burdened health-care system into the technology age. Dr. Brailer will discuss the future of the health communication infrastructure, including electronic health records and the digital exchange of medical information.

The California Health Care Leadership Academy has been lauded for its unique dual focus on leading-edge health policy trends and practical leadership skills development. To view the conference agenda or to register, visit http://www.cmanet.org/leadership or call 800/795-2262.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Brailer	Clancey	Fuchs	Ignagni
Kelly	Kessler	Ornstein	Smith

• David Brailer, MD, PhD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, DHHS
• Victor R. Fuchs, PhD, Professor of Economics and Health Research and Policy, Stanford
• Karen Ignagni, President and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans
• J. Patrick Kelly, President, Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals
• Daniel P. Kessler, JD, PhD, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
• Norman J. Ornstein, PhD, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
• Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA, President and CEO, California HealthCare Foundation