Shari Bolen, MD, MPH, a faculty member in the Center for Health Care Research and Policy and Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, will serve on the National Clinical Care Commission for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Dr. Bolen will represent primary care clinicians on the committee, and will serve as one of 12 selected non-federal committee members.
The Secretary of the DHHS is required to establish this committee to evaluate and make recommendations regarding improving the coordination and leveraging of programs within DHHS and other federal agencies related to clinical care of adults on insulin. The Commission’s work will contribute to the development of federal programs to improve diabetes care within our patient populations. The Secretary and congress must have an operational plan made on the committee recommendations within 90 days of the first meeting.
Other federal committee members include the heads of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institutes of Health, Department of Veteran Affairs, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Minority Health.