Bri Clifford, MPH, PCMH CCE

Bri Clifford is a Policy Manager in NCQA’s Recognition Programs Policy and Resources Department. On this team she supports recognition programs through the creation of resources, maintenance of programs and education of both internal and external stakeholders.

Before joining NCQA, she worked with the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Emergency Management. There she helped create a GIS mapping tool used to track patient movement to HHS staffed medical facilities in response to natural disasters. She also spent three years managing the clinical side of specialty practices and volunteering as an EMT in her community.

Bri holds a BS in Biology from Virginia Tech and an MPH in Epidemiology from George Mason University.

William F. Tulloch, MA, PCMH CCE

Bill is NCQA’s Director in the Quality Solutions Group and has been with NCQA since 1997.  In his role, Bill manages the operations of several government contracts aimed at promoting the Medical Home concepts and works with large health systems that are Recognized or seeking Recognition by NCQA. Bill is a PCMH Certified Content Expert with NCQA.

Prior to this position, Bill was the Director of Customer Resources, providing educational assistance to organizations seeking to improve the quality of care and service they provided. Bill was also previously Director of the Privacy Certification for Business Associates (PCBA) program, a joint offering of NCQA and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Bill helped develop both the PCBA and other new assessment programs in the health care field and improving existing NCQA products as part of the Product Development team. Earlier in his tenure at NCQA Bill served as a Senior Accreditation Manager participating in and coordinating surveys for the MCO, CVO, and MBHO programs.  In addition to his other work, Bill has been a frequent faculty member for educational presentations for NCQA, and is a member of the internal team that developed and maintains the Interactive Survey System. 

Bill attended Williams College for his undergraduate work, and has a Master’s in Economics from the University of Maryland.  For seven years prior to joining NCQA, Bill worked with a health care consulting firm, HTA (now Covance), in Washington, DC, helping medical product manufacturers work in the managed care setting.  During his undergraduate years, Bill co-authored two papers on the psychology of juror decision-making, based on original research.