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National Quality Forum Welcomes Dr. Thomas Valuck, SVP of Strategic Partnerships
Date:6/12/2009

WASHINGTON, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Quality Forum (NQF) has tapped Thomas B. Valuck, M.D., J.D., as its new Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. Dr. Valuck comes to NQF from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he was both Medical Officer and Senior Adviser in the Center for Medicare Management.

NQF is a unique, multi-stakeholder, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of American healthcare by setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement, endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance, and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.

"The efforts of many groups are advancing the nation toward true reform, and we all recognize that we achieve more in harmony than we do in discord," said Janet Corrigan, NQF president and CEO. "As Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Dr. Valuck, a well-respected administrator and leader, will bring a wealth of knowledge crossing all sectors to building consensus among disparate groups."

Dr. Valuck will oversee NQF's multi-stakeholder efforts that provide guidance to public and private sector leadership, such as setting national priorities for healthcare through the NQF-convened National Priorities Partnership; convening industry leaders to develop an agenda for measure development; and identifying and recommending measures and composites for use in various payment and public reporting programs.

Dr. Valuck has degrees in biological science and medicine from the University of Missouri-Kansas City; a master's in health services administration from the University of Kansas; and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law School.

He comes to NQF after four years at CMS, where he advised senior agency and Department of Hea
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