Description of Collaborative Activity: |
The CMS-NIH Senior Leadership Forum is comprised of NIH Director Francis Collins, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, and Senior Staff from both agencies. It convenes twice yearly. Meetings focus on identifying and troubleshooting areas where increased communication and specific activities (including policies and programs) will benefit the mission of both organizations. Recent topics have included creating a system for early alerts regarding NIH-supported research findings of interest to CMS; NIH-supported research findings of interest to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in high impact conditions such as diabetes, schizophrenia, post-acute stroke care, prevention of pre-term birth, lung cancer computed tomography screening, tobacco cessation, genomics, etc.; enhancing investigator access to CMS data through the use of Data Enclaves; development of common data elements (CDEs) to enhance the conduct of clinical research; and collaboration with the CMS Innovation Center to develop a Funding Opportunity Announcement , “Low Cost, Pragmatic Patient-Centered Randomized Controlled Intervention Trials,” issued and funded by NIH. |
Type of Collaborative Activity: |
Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group
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NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director: |
NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAID, NIAMS, NIBIB, NICHD, NIDA, NIDCD, NIDCR, NIDDK, NIEHS, NIGMS, NIMH, NIMHD, NINDS, NINR, NLM, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR, OD/OSP |
