Hospital Equity Measures Advisory Committee

Overview#

The Advisory Committee will be comprised of health care stakeholder experts, including a health care quality and measurement expert, and will:

1. Make recommendation to assist and advise the HCAI director on the appropriate measures that hospitals are required to report in their annual equity reports. These measures should also align with the health equity measures developed by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and include any relevant Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Quality Indicators. Once finalized the recommendations will be published on the HCAI website.
2. Advise the HCAI director in identifying the 10 widest disparities in health care quality for vulnerable populations, in terms of access or outcome and priority performance areas to be addressed in the health equity plan that hospitals are required to include in their annual equity reports. The committee will also provide recommendations on the measurable objectives and specific timeframes in which disparities for vulnerable populations identified in the data need to be addressed
3. Once reports have been submitted, the Advisory Committee will need to make recommendations to the department regarding the submitted hospitals’ health equity plans.  Once finalized these recommendations will be published on the HCAI website.
4. Through its meetings, provide a forum for stakeholder and public engagement.

Upcoming Meetings#

9:00 a.m. – 1: 00 p.m.

The hybrid meeting will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams and in person at 2020 West El Camino Avenue, Conference Room 1237, Sacramento, CA 95833

Advisory Committee Recommendations#

December 2022 Hospital Equity Measures Recommendations#

Follow the hyperlink to review the 2022 Advisory Committee Hospital Equity Measures Recommendations

Hospital Equity Measures Advisory Committee Members#

Committee Members#

Dr. Amy Adome
Senior Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness, Sharp Healthcare
Representing Private Hospitals and Health Systems 

Dr. Ash Amarnath
Chief Medical Officer, California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
Representing Public Hospitals and Health Systems 

Denny Chan
Directing Attorney, Justice In Aging
Representing Consumers

Cary Sanders
Senior Policy Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Representing Vulnerable Populations

Dr. Anthony Iton
Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities, California Endowment
Academic Health Care Quality and Measures Expert

Silvia Yee
Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Representing People with Disabilities

Isaias Guzman
Manager of Programs, California LGBTQ Services Network
Representing the LGBTQ Community

Kristine Toppe
Assistant Vice President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Public and Community Health Expert

Dr. Neil Maizlish
Senior Data Advisor, Public Health Alliance of Southern California
Public and Community Health and Healthy Places Index Expert

Robyn Strong
Assistant Branch Chief, California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Departmental Representative

State Partners#

Providing technical subject matter expertise

Sarah Lahidji
Chief, Quality and Health Equity Division, California Department of Health Care Services

Nathan Nau
Deputy Director, California Department of Managed Health Care

Taylor Priestley
Health Equity Officer, Deputy Director Health Equity & Quality Transformation, Covered California

Julie Nagasako
Deputy Director, California Department of Public Health

Meeting Archive#

April 10, 2024 #

• Agenda
• Approved October 5 2023 Hospital Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
• Presentation Materials: Agenda V: Hospital Equity Measures Program Updates
• Presentation Materials: Agenda VI: Discussion on Demographic Data Collection Resources
• Presentation Materials: Agenda VII: Discussion on Resources for Discussions Around Health-Related Social Needs
• Presentation Materials: Agenda VIII: Discussion on Resources to Support Hospitals with Developing Health Equity Plans
• Presentation Materials: Agenda IX: Hospital Panel Best Practices on Leading with Cultural Competency Presentation
• HCAI Resources for Hospitals to Support Health Equity April 2024

October 5, 2023#

• Agenda
• Approved April Minutes
• Presentation Materials: Agenda Item IV: Overview of the Evaluation and Measure Recommendations
• Presentation Materials: Agenda Item V: Proposal for 2024 HEMAC Meetings

August 3, 2023#

• Agenda
• Approved August 3 2023 Meeting Minutes
• April 6 2023 Hospital Equity Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – Draft
• Presentation Materials: Agenda Item IV: Program Update
• Presentation Materials: Agenda Item V. Hospital Equity Measures Reports: Updates on Considerations for Preparation and Submission Process
• Presentation Materials: Agenda Item VI. Hospital Equity Measures Evaluation: Updates on Supporting Hospitals to Collect, Analyze, and Interpret Disparities Data
• Presentation Materials: Agenda Item VII. Updates on the National Hospital Equity Standards
• Presentation Materials: Agenda Item VIII. Hospital Equity Measures Program Regulatory Process Preparation, Timeline

April 6, 2023#

• Agenda
• Approved April 6 2023 Meeting Minutes
• February 2 2023 Hospital Equity Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – Draft
• Presentation materials: Agenda II February 2023 Meeting Recap and Follow up Items
• Presentation materials: Agenda III Review of Statutory Requirements for Hospital Equity Measures Program
• Presentation materials: Agenda IV Discussion on Hospital Equity Measures Evaluation
• Presentation materials: Agenda V Discussion on Hospital Equity Measures Reports
• Presentation materials: Agenda VI Lown Institute Hospitals Index Presentation

February 2, 2023#

• Agenda
• February 2 Hospital Equity Measures Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – Approved
• Presentation Materials: Agenda II December Meeting Recap
• Presentation Materials: Agenda III Discussion About Data Stratification part 1 and 2
• Presentation Materials: Agenda IV Discussion About Identification of Disparities and Disparities Reduction

December 1, 2022#

• Agenda
• Final December 1 2022 Meeting Minutes – approved
• November 3 Hospital Equity Measures Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes Draft
• Presentation Materials: Agenda II November Meeting Recap
• Presentation Materials: Agenda III Behavioral Health Measure Discussion & Vote
• Presentation Materials: Agenda IV Measure Selection Discussion and Vote on Pediatric & Psychiatric Hospitals
• Presentation Materials: Agenda V Glossary of Health Equity Terms
• Presentation Materials: Agenda VI Committee Wrap Up & 2023 Meeting Calendar
• Measures for Consideration Workbook 12.01.2022
• Hospital Equity Measures Advisory Committee – Resource List – 11.02.2022
• Glossary of Key Health Equity Terms
• Amended November 3 Hospital Equity Measures Committee Meeting Minutes – approved 12.01.22

November 3, 2022#

• Agenda
• Final November 3 2022 Meeting Minutes – approved
• Presentation Materials: Roadmap Review
• Presentation Materials: Potential Structural Measures for Hospital Equity Reports
• Presentation Materials: Follow-up from October Advisory Committee Meeting
• Presentation Materials: Continue Measure Selection Discussion & Voting
• Potential Additional Measures for Hospital Equity Reports v.10-28-2022
• Hospital Equity Measures Advisory Committee Resource List 11.02.2022
• Measures for Consideration Workbook 11.03.2022

October 6, 2022#

• Agenda
• Final October 6 Meeting Minutes – approved
• Presentation Materials: Follow-up From September Advisory Committee Meeting
• Presentation Materials: Hospital Quality Measure Example
• Presentation Materials: Measure Selection Discussion and Voting
• Measures for Consideration – Excel Spreadsheet updated for Oct 6 meeting
• Supplemental Slide Deck on NCQA and CLAS
• Cross-Walk of Hospital Equity Measures and Standards v.8-23-2022
• Hospital Equity Measures References and Resources
• Measures for Consideration – Excel Spreadsheet revised to include Committee recommendations

September 1, 2022#

• Agenda
• Final September 1 Meeting Minutes – approved
• Presentation Materials: Discussion on Definitions
• Key Health Equity Definitions Reference Document
• Presentation Materials: Measures Selection Discussion
• Measures for Consideration – Excel Spreadsheet
• Hospital Equity Measures References and Resources

August 4, 2022#

• Agenda
• Final August 4, 2022 Meeting Minutes – approved
• Presentation Materials: Continued Context Setting – Hospital-level Equity Measures in Development
• Presentation Materials: Principles and Criteria for Measure Selection
• Presentation Materials: Case Study: Beginning with the End in Mind – What Might a Hospital Equity Report Look Like?
• Cross-Walk of Hospital Equity Measures and Standards
• Hospital Equity Measures References and Resources

July 7, 2022#

• Agenda
• Final July 7, 2022 Meeting Minutes – approved
• Presentation Materials: Call to Order, Welcome and Oath of Office
• Presentation Materials: Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act and Conflict of Interest Code
• Presentation Materials: HCAI Data Programs Overview
• Presentation Materials: Hospital Equity Reporting Program and Hospital Equity Measures Advisory Committee
• Presentation Materials: Measuring Quality at Hospitals
• Presentation Materials: Health Equity Resources
• Presentation Materials: Future Meeting Dates

Contact#

For questions or inquiries about the Hospital Equity Reporting Program, email hospitalequity@hcai.ca.gov.

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