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2008 Health Quality Awards
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C.
6:30pm Reception / 7:30pm Dinner and Awards
Honorees
The Honorable Edward Kennedy
United States Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger
Governor, State of California
The Honorable Ron Sims
King County Executive, State of Washington
Joseph Thompson, M.D., M.P.H.
Surgeon General, State of Arkansas
Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Master of Ceremonies
Mara Liasson
National Political Correspondent for National Public Radio
The 2008 Health Quality Awards will recognize the achievements of individuals and organizations who highlight the need for and drive health care quality improvement. The awards dinner will bring together a diverse group of health care stakeholders, including health plans, employers, patients, caregivers and leading health care policy makers.
Former recipients have included:
- The Honorable Hillary Clinton, United States Senator- New York
- The Honorable Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and Founder, The Center for Health Transformation
- The Honorable Chuck Grassley, United States Senator- Iowa
- Mary Tyler Moore
- The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas
- Edward H. Wagner, M.D., MPH, Director, MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation at The Center for Health Studies/ Group Health Cooperative
- Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge, a collaborative leadership of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation (American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation) and Nickelodeon
Lead Sponsors
Underwriter Sponsors
Benefactor Sponsors
Patron Sponsors
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Companion Sponsors
Aetna, Inc.
America's Health Insurance Plans
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
American Osteopathic Association
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CECity.com, Inc.
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Centene Foundation for Quality Health Care
DC Chartered Health Plan, Inc.
Highmark
Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
Maureen Cotter & Associates, Inc.
MedStar Health
NACDS Foundation
PhRMA
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
The University of Pennsylvania Health System
Friend Sponsors
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Medical Association
AMERIGROUP Charitable Foundation
Association of American Medical Colleges
BlueCrossBlueShield of Florida
CapitolMed
Compliance 360, Inc.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
Health Policy - Jefferson Medical College
Laboratory Corporation of America
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
OptumHealth
StayWell Health Management
Supporter Sponsors
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Physicians
Aronson & Company
CHD Meridian Healthcare
Epic Systems Corporation
Gardner/Mills Group, LLC
Genzyme Corporation
Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.
Hewitt Associates
Horizon BCBSNJ
Humana
Iowa Foundation for Medical Care
LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc.
Lynx Investment Advisory, LLC
McKesson Health Solutions
Passport Health Plan
Puget Sound Energy
Russell Reynolds Associates
Santucci & Associates Insurance Agency, Inc
SunTrust Bank
Triad Healthcare, Inc.
ViPS, Inc.
NCQA is grateful to its generous sponsors and their commitment to improving the quality of health care.
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