Rachel Harrington
Assistant Vice President, Health Equity Sciences, NCQA
Rachel Harrington, PhD, is Assistant Vice President, Health Equity Sciences, at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), where she leads NCQA’s efforts to generate and implement evidence to advance equitable, high quality, health care for all. This includes methods to improve equity data, promote transparency, incentivize reduction of inequities and develop equitable systems of care.
Dr. Harrington directs NCQA’s Health Equity Sciences Center, which includes a body of federal and foundation-funded research to reduce disparities, improve care access and quality, support equity policy and evolve health equity methods and measures, as well as the Equity in HEDIS program. A nationally recognized expert, she has served as an advisor for initiatives at the National Quality Forum, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the National Academy of Medicine. Prior to joining NCQA, she spent over 10 years in industry and academic health system settings with extensive experience in the areas of risk-adjusted utilization, medication safety, economic modeling and patient engagement in research. Dr. Harrington holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.